Case A 22-year-old female player presents with a four-week history of left lower leg pain. She described this as having come on insidiously and that it has become progressively worse. It is now painful walking and can ache at rest. She has had to stop training due to pain. She was seen initially by her [...]

Case 36 year old male football coach presented with a 6 month history of insidious onset anterior knee pain. The pain was aggravated by squatting. On examination there was full range of passive movement. The patellofemoral joint, medial and lateral joint lines were non-tender. The initial working diagnoses to this stage included patellofemoral pain and [...]

Case A 26-year old female professional football player presents following an acute injury sustained during a training session with her national team. She reported feeling a sudden pain in her right groin after a controlled slide movement. Physical examination demonstrated a normal, but painful, range of motion in all directions. There was no pain on [...]

Case An 18 year old male futsal player presents following an acute injury to his knee. He describes twisting on his planted right foot, then saw and felt his patella dislocate laterally. This was reduced by a teammate. His knee became rapidly swollen and very painful. On examination (five days after the injury) he had [...]