Month: November 2019

Chronic adductor brevis and adductor longus avulsion

28 November 2019 2 comments

Case A 22-year-old male football player presented one year after an injury to his groin. He described injuring himself while lunging into a heavy tackle. He complained of ongoing pain in his medial thigh, particularly during sporting activities. He had been unable to return to competition. On examination he was found to have pain during [...]

Announcement to all users: goodbye to Groups

27 November 2019 0 comments

Announcement to all users: goodbye to Groups In the next few days, we will be closing our Groups Directory. We have taken this decision on the basis of our recent survey and our own observations about limited interaction as well as in the belief that we can do better. So, while we are bidding farewell [...]

Rule changes have reduced the risk of head injuries in football

27 November 2019 6 comments

Rule changes have proven to be an effective way to reduce the risk of injury across a range of sports. In football one such change has been a mandatory red card for elbow-to-head strikes. This week’s FastFact examines an article that has measured the impact of this rule change in the German Bundesliga1. In 2006 [...]

Morel-Lavalée Lesion

21 November 2019 2 comments

Case A 16-year-old male academy player was tackled during a game and sustained a direct blow to the anterior aspect of their left knee. At the time, there was minor discomfort and minimal swelling. This settled completely within 48 hours with rest and icing and the player completed a game 10 days later with no [...]

Medial collateral ligament injury

14 November 2019 4 comments

Case A 29-year-old male professional football player injured his left knee after sustaining a valgus stress to his flexed knee during a competitive match. Despite this injury he was able to complete the game. He presented the following day with localised medial knee pain. He was found to have tenderness on the medial side of [...]

What is the risk of ACL injury while playing football?

13 November 2019 3 comments

ACL injuries are common, serious and can be career-threatening for football players. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated twenty-eight studies of ACL injuries in male and female players and attempted to quantify the risk of ACL injuries for players of different genders and participation levels1. The results of the analysis showed that the incidence proportion [...]

Ulnar abutment syndrome

07 November 2019 3 comments

Case This 50-year-old, right hand dominant, recreational player presented with a three month history of ulnar-sided pain in her left wrist. She described an insidious onset of pain and symptoms that are worse with weight bearing through her arms and with movements involving rotation. On examination she had pain with end range wrist extension and [...]

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