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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Case A 23-year-old male player presented with a two-year history of low back pain and stiffness. He was unable to identify a discrete precipitant, but thought that it started during football. His symptoms initially seemed to improve with physiotherapy however they never resolved. He described central and left sided pain that would wake him from [...]

Case This professional footballer presented acutely after an injury to his left knee. He described sustaining a varus force to his knee in a tackle followed by immediate pain. On examination he had a small effusion. There was isolated laxity of his lateral collateral ligament in 30 degrees flexion and subtle laxity in full extension. [...]

Case A 53 year old coach presented after an injury sustained falling down two stairs three months previously. He described experiencing a popping sensation followed by well localised pain around the medial side of his foot and ankle. On examination there was localised tenderness about the medial malleolus and navicular tuberosity, pain and weakness with [...]

Case A 23-year-old female player presented with a six-month history of posterior thigh pain. While she related the onset of pain to playing football, she did not give a clear history of trauma. The pain reliably woke her from sleep (at about 4am) each night and was almost completely eliminated when she took oral ibuprofen [...]

Case This 19-year-old male player presented with pain in his dominant right shoulder. This was well localised to the acromioclavicular (ACJ) region and was associated with localised tenderness. He gave a history of an ACJ ‘sprain’ one year previously. He reported that the pain seemed to resolve after the initial trauma, however it recurred. The [...]

Case A 24-year-old female player presents after an innocuous twisting injury to her left knee. This was sustained whilst attempting a slide tackle. She reports that her knee became swollen (over a few hours) and was painful. She did attempt to play the following day, albeit with pain. On examination there was localised swelling about [...]