Case This teenage footballer presented after a plantarflexion and inversion injury to his left foot.  He described a cracking sensation followed by immediate pain and inability to weight-bear or continue to play football.  He denied any problems prior to this injury.  On examination he had localised tenderness over the base of his fifth metatarsal. He [...]

Case This 45-year-old recreational futsal player presented with an insidious onset of anterior knee pain. The pain was clearly made worse by activity and improved by rest. He described having experienced a long history of what sounds like patella tendinopathy during his twenties. He had recently returned to football after a ten year break. On [...]

Case This male academy football player presented after a fall onto his flexed knee. When examined he had an increase in his posterior drawer, a limitation of terminal knee flexion and no effusion. He had no other significant signs. Findings An x-ray series of the knee was normal. This sagittal MRI image shows a complete [...]

Case This young, recreational football player presented after a twisting injury to her left knee.  She had a previous history of an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with partial medial and lateral meniscectomies three years previously.  She was found to have a gross effusion as well as laxity with Lachman's test.  She had a limitation in [...]