Case This 50-year-old, right hand dominant, recreational player presented with a three month history of ulnar-sided pain in her left wrist. She described an insidious onset of pain and symptoms that are worse with weight bearing through her arms and with movements involving rotation. On examination she had pain with end range wrist extension and [...]

Case A 25-year-old male player presented acutely after a fall onto his right shoulder. He described falling directly on to the shoulder, experiencing a cracking sensation and being unable to move the entire upper right extremity due to pain. At the time of his presentation he was found to have a global restriction of his [...]

Case This 24-year-old professional player presents with progressive left hip pain and stiffness. This had been present for approximately six months. He has similar, but less significant, pain in his right hip. On examination, he was found to have pain with hip flexion beyond 90 degrees, reduced internal rotation (less than 10 degrees bilaterally) and [...]

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 [...]