Case An 11-year-old female player presented with a one year history of unilateral, well-localised, anterior knee pain. She was not able to identify a clear traumatic precipitant. There was a clear relationship to physical activity with the pain becoming worse playing football (and other sport) and improving with rest. The only finding of note on [...]

Case A 25-year-old male recreational player presented for assessment of a left foot injury which had occurred three weeks previously. He described pushing off to sprint and feeling a sudden pop in the medial aspect of his left mid-foot. This was very painful and he was unable to continue. He developed swelling and bruising over [...]

Case A 13-year-old male football player presented following an acute onset of pain in his right groin. This occurred as he forcefully extended his right hip while kicking a ball. At the time he was seen he reported pain that was 9/10 in severity, he was unable to walk and had pain/guarding with all hip [...]

Case A 17-year-old female player presented with a 12-month history of localised left hip pain. This has become much worse over the three months leading up to her visit. This appeared to have coincided with a period where she was training more regularly. The pain was predictably made worse by running, and other physical activity, [...]

Case A 43-year-old football coach presents with a three-month history of pain in the plantar aspect of his foot. This had progressively become worse over time and was not associated with any trauma. The pain was made worse by physical activity and was particularly bad when he wore football boots. On examination there was a [...]

Case This 35-year-old female player presented with a short history of back pain and progressive bilateral leg symptoms. She reported first experiencing right-sided buttock discomfort while at the gym two weeks previously. She woke several days later with severe low back and right buttock pain. This evolved over 24 to 48 hours to involve severe [...]

Case A 17-year-old female representative football player presented with lateral ankle pain. She described experiencing a minor inversion injury three months prior to her visit. She was initially diagnosed with a lateral ankle sprain and had three weeks off football training. At this point she was able to return to training but had continued to [...]

Case A 39 year old male ex-professional player presented with a three month history of neck pain and stiffness. There was no clear trauma or other precipitant. The pain was relatively modest but was not improving and was “irritating”. He did not have any history of significant prior neck symptoms. During a 15 year professional [...]

Case A 20 year old elite female player presented with localised medial (right) ankle pain. She reported having sustained an “ankle sprain” while playing football five months prior. She reports having difficulty walking for more than a week after her acute injury. Two months after the injury she had an MRI scan which was reported [...]

Case A 14-year-old male recreational player presented 4 weeks after an injury to his left knee. He described a twisting injury on his planted left leg. At the time of injury, he experienced a popping sensation, was unable to continue due to knee pain and developed a swollen knee within an hour. He then reported [...]