Case A 25-year-old football player was referred to see you with a suspected ‘patella fracture’. He describes a twisting injury on his planted right leg followed by a pop sensation and near immediate pain and swelling in his right knee. He was seen at a local emergency clinic and was told he had fractured his [...]

Case A 48-year-old female spectator presents four weeks after “twisting” her right ankle walking to a game. She described localised medial ankle pain and difficult weight bearing. She was seen at an emergency department where an x-ray was said to be normal. As she was still unable to weight-bear two weeks later her family doctor [...]

Case This 17 year old elite footballer presents with recurrent locking symptoms in his left knee. He has had mild intermittent discomfort in his knee for some time, but over the last month or so has developed recurrent locking. His presentation was provoked by an episode where his knee “jammed out straight” while he was [...]

Case A 23-year-old recreational player presented with lower leg pain after a heavy tackle. He described being kicked in the lower leg and experiencing immediate pain. He was however able to get up and limp off. He was seen at a local emergency department where he was diagnosed with a contusion. Three weeks later he [...]

Case A 48-year-old male football coach presents with a four-month history of right sided buttock, hip and anterior thigh pain. It had not improved despite rest and physiotherapy treatment. He was found to have a positive femoral nerve stretch test, 4+/5 weakness of right hip flexion and knee extension and an absent patellar jerk. Findings [...]

Case This 41-year-old male recreational player presents following an acute injury to his shoulder. He describes jumping to contest a header and falling landing on the point of this shoulder. It was immediately painful, and he was unable to continue. One examination he had localised tenderness and deformity over the acromioclavicular joint (ACJ). He was [...]

Case A youth African player presented to a FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence for an MRI to determine his be eligibility for the U17 African Cup. The player had a court-determined birthdate in his country where birth registration is not compulsory. Findings The T1 images of this young player’s wrist shows evidence of a residual [...]

Case Whilst playing in an International friendly this player received a direct blow to the left side of his chest. He immediately felt substantial pain and was in a lot of distress. He was unable to continue and was removed from the field of play. The player was noted to have localised tenderness over the [...]

Case A 21-year-old female recreational player presented three weeks after a twisting injury to her right ankle. She describes experiencing an immediate onset of severe pain, being unable to continue and developing near immediate swelling. She was seen at a local A+E within hours of her injury and was diagnosed with an ‘ankle sprain’. She [...]

Case This 70-year-old football coach presents for a review of his left foot. He tells you he has always had ‘flat feet’ but that his left foot has changed in appearance over the past few years. It is not painful, he is able to play some social football with his friends and can walk freely [...]