Case A 49-year-old male recreational player presented two weeks after an injury to his left hamstring. He described having lunged forwards with his left leg to contest a ball. He felt a tearing sensation in his proximal hamstring and was unable to continue. He did not develop any significant bruising. Since the injury he had [...]

Case A 37-year-old ex-professional player presented with a six-month history of increasing pain in his dominant right shoulder. He described a deep ache felt within the deltoid region that was exacerbated by movement, especially end-range movements. On examination he had a mild global restriction of shoulder movements with pain towards the extremes of range. Rotation [...]

Case A 21-year-old male professional male player presented four weeks after an innocuous inversion injury to his ankle. While he did not immediately think that this was too severe, he had not been unable to return to play due to ongoing discomfort along the lateral aspect of the ankle. Further questioning revealed that prior to [...]

Case A 45 year old recreational player presented one week after an injury to his left elbow.  He was playing in goal and described blocking a powerful shot with his left hand, forcibly extending his left elbow against resistance.  He reported feeling a tearing sensation and immediate pain in his elbow.  He developed bruising over [...]

Case An 18-year-old female player presents with a six-year history of recurring ‘locking’ episodes in her left knee. Approximately once per month she reported a sense that her knee ‘locked’ and that she had to physically manipulate something ‘back into place’. On examination there was a tender bony prominence around the distal medial thigh. The [...]

Case A 24-year-old female player presented with a two-year history of issues with her right foot. She related these symptoms to an episode when she struck her foot against a door frame. On further questioning the symptoms did not appear to be clearly related to this incident and this event involved only minor trauma. Over [...]

Case A 13-year-old player presents after an innocuous twisting injury of his knee. He describes experiencing a popping sensation as he changed direction followed by severe pain, immediate swelling and an inability to weight bear. The pain was bad enough to take him to the hospital emergency department. On examination there was an effusion, tenderness [...]

Case A 35-year-old male player presents with an acute onset of low back pain after lifting some luggage. He experienced an acute onset of lumbar-region pain with no significant referral. He describes a history of “sciatica” affecting his right leg three years before. This resolved spontaneously over three months. On examination there was a loss [...]

Case A 23-year-old recreational player presented following an acute injury to his left knee. He described sustaining a significant valgus stress to his knee. There was immediate pain, rapid swelling and a marked sense of instability. On examination he was found to have gross laxity with a valgus stress (both in flexion and in extension) [...]

Case A 63-year-old female football coach presents after a fall down two steps at training. She described landing heavily on her flexed left knee.  She reports experiencing immediate pain and swelling. On examination she was noted to have a gross effusion, localised tenderness about the patella and a limitation of knee flexion to 60 degrees. [...]