Month: May 2020

Superior tibiofibular joint injury

28 May 2020 6 comments

Case A 25-year-old male player presented with localised lateral knee pain. He thinks that this might have started when he slipped and twisted his knee while training. He was however able to continue to train and did not develop pain until a few days after this injury. On examination, he was found to have localised [...]

Which player position is best at maintaining social isolation?

27 May 2020 22 comments

With the resumption of competitive football around the globe there has been much discussion and debate about the risks associated with this. While it is yet to be formally peer reviewed, the article highlighted in this week’s FastFact is very topical and forms a good basis to consider some of the risks of resuming football1. [...]

ACL Graft Rupture

21 May 2020 17 comments

Case A 21-year-old female player presented after a twisting injury to her left knee. She describes a feeling of instability in her knee, rapid swelling and an inability to continue to playing. On examination, she had gross laxity with Lachmans test, an effusion and a restricted ROM. The player had a history of a previous [...]

Multi-ligament knee injury

14 May 2020 3 comments

Case A 24-year-old male player presented following an injury sustained when landing from a heading duel. He reported landing awkwardly on his left leg and feeling his left knee “buckle” under him. There was immediate pain, some swelling and an inability to continue to play. A week after his injury, he could stand and mobilise [...]

Does having a Therapeutic Use Exemption increase your likelihood of winning an Olympic medal?

13 May 2020 16 comments

Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs) allow players with legitimate medical conditions to participate equally in elite sport. There can however be a perception that players who are using exempt medications are potentially cheating, and that TUEs could give an unfair advantage to some players. This FastFact is based on a paper that reviewed eight years of [...]

Os supranaviculare

07 May 2020 19 comments

Case A 50-year-old male coach presented with a twelve-month history of dorsal foot pain. He described a minor twisting injury to his foot around this time. This did not seem like a big problem initially. At the time of his clinic visit the pain had deteriorated to the point that he was unable to wear [...]

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