Saline knee injections can be an effective treatment for articular cartilage injuries in the knee.

While most sport scientists focused on improvement of performance, FIFA Medical has been pioneering in adopting a different approach to sports medicine, focusing on prevention and education instead. This allowed both to minimise any negative consequences of the game such as injuries and to fully explore its potential as a healthy leisure time activity and tool in health education.
Saline knee injections can be an effective treatment for articular cartilage injuries in the knee.
Hamstring injuries remain a significant time loss injury. While intramuscular tendon injuries have been reported to be associated with a very poor prognosis they may not be as concerning as previously thought.
While players and staff in professional football teams are keen to try to prevent injuries, there is a limited understanding about what works and how to implement prevention programmes.
There is currently no evidence showing that heading a football has a negative impact on long-term cognitive function and brain health.
While clinicians are generally very good at treating a player’s physical injury there is often little thought paid to their psychological readiness to return.
There is limited evidence to support the need to complete a ‘course’ of antibiotics – when a patient’s symptoms have resolved.