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 [...]

Case This 40-year-old male football player with a history of an ACL reconstruction with BTB autograft and medial and lateral meniscal repairs presented two years after his surgery. He described an “awkward movement” while walking with his knee in mid flexion resulting in a subsequent giving way sensation associated with immediate pain and swelling. His [...]

Case A 25-year-old male footballer with a past history of lumbar disc pathology presents with a three-month history of a deep constant left thigh ache that is worse at night and responds to painkillers including acetaminophen and ibuprofen. This followed a heavy preseason load of running but persisted despite rest. There was no significant abnormality [...]

Case This 45-year-old man presented three months after an injury to his left quadricep (his dominant leg). He describes experiencing acute pain while kicking a ball. This was enough to prevent him from being able to continue to play and made him limp for about two weeks. His symptoms have now largely settled however he [...]

Case A 24 year old female recreational football player presented with a 12 month history of worsening dorsal mid-foot pain. She was found to have a marked restriction in subtalar movements and generalised tenderness about the hindfoot. Findings A lateral x-ray image was grossly abnormal showing absent anterior and middle facets of the talocalcaneal joint. [...]

Case A 26-year-old male football player presents with well localised pain about the medial knee. The pain is related to activity and is associated with quite marked localised tenderness. He reported having sustained a medial collateral ligament injury to his knee five months previously. While he was able to return to football after this injury, [...]

Case A 26-year-old male professional football player presents after a ‘stretch’ type injury to his right hamstring. He experienced immediate pain and was unable to continue. Over the next 24 hours he developed extensive bruising over his posterior thigh. There was a palpable defect in the proximal tendon. Findings X-ray images of the hip and [...]

Case A 48-year-old male recreational football player presents with a three-month history of right shoulder pain. The pain is felt in the deltoid region and has been aggravated by overhead activity. He cannot identify a clear precipitant. On examination he was found to have a painful arc and positive rotator cuff impingement signs. The most [...]

Case This 24-year-old female football player presented with a long history of activity-related anterior knee pain. The pain was vague and poorly localised. It was typically aggravated by running, sitting for prolonged periods and by going down stairs. She had not noted any swelling, mechanical symptoms or instability. On examination she had poor single-leg stability, [...]