Case This 20-year-old, female U-20 national team player presented with a three-month history of left sided low back pain. This was not associated with any trauma and came on insidiously. The pain was made worse by activity and improved by rest. On examination, she had tenderness over the lower lumbar spine in the midline and [...]

Case This 24-year-old male futsal player presents following an injury to his left foot. He describes forcibly plantarflexing his foot as he contested for a ball. He experienced immediate pain and had to be removed from the field. Following the injury, he developed generalised swelling of his foot. When he presented for review five days [...]

Case A 42 year old female ex-professional player presented with a four month history of recurring swelling, instability and mechanical symptoms in her right knee. This was on a background of more longstanding patellofemoral symptoms. On examination she was found to have a loss of terminal knee flexion as well as a moderate effusion. Findings [...]

Case This 20-year-old, right hand dominant professional player presented with recurring episodes of pain in his right shoulder. He described more than six episodes where he had landed awkwardly on his outstretched arm and had experienced a ‘dead feeling’ in his arm, followed by pain and restricted movement of his shoulder. The most recent episode [...]

Case A 28-year-old male amateur player was referred to a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence with a history of occasional left sided radicular leg pain. At the time of his referral he had a working diagnosis of ‘piriformis syndrome’. The main clinical examination finding was pain with rotation of the left hip. Findings An x-ray [...]

Case This 41-year-old male recreational football player presents two weeks following a minor twisting injury. He described developing localised medial knee pain and swelling the morning after the injury. On examination he was found to have a moderate effusion, localised medial joint line tenderness and pain with tibial rotation (McMurray’s test). Findings X-ray imaging was [...]

Case This 15-year-old goalkeeper presented with acute pain in his left shoulder. He described diving backwards, landing on the posterior aspect of the shoulder. He experienced immediate pain and was unable to continue. He was reluctant to abduct his shoulder beyond 30 degrees and had localised tenderness over the body of the left scapula. Findings [...]

Case This 19-year-old male international player presents with recurring episodes of pain in his great toe. He described a catching sensation, followed by significant and severe pain. These episodes generally last less than a minute and are unpredictable. Between these episodes he is entirely asymptomatic and is able to train without any impairment. There were [...]

Case This ten-year-old female player presented with a four week history of anterior knee pain in her right knee. She developed this during a weekend tournament during which she played multiple games. Since this time she had experienced pain and discomfort that was made worse by activity and improved by rest. She was found to [...]

Case This 47-year-old recreational player and coach presents one week after a fall onto his dominant right arm. He reports “dislocating his shoulder” and having this reduced at a local emergency department. X-rays at the time of injury were deemed to be normal and he was given a sling and analgesia. On examination he had [...]