Case This female recreational player presented following an acute injury to her left knee. She described being hit from the lateral side sustaining a forced valgus injury. She was unable to continue, was carried from the field and developed rapid (and significant) swelling. On examination she was unable to weight-bear. Findings The AP x-ray show [...]

Case A 17 year-old U-20 representative football player presented with an injury to his right elbow five days prior to a World Cup qualification tournament. He described falling to his right arm the day previously. He had an x-ray at a local hospital, was told he had “fractured his elbow” and was placed in an [...]

Case This 28 year old recreational football player presented following an acute injury to his forefoot. He describes feeling sudden and severe pain as he went to push off to sprint. This was on a background of several months of plantar forefoot pain. On examination he walked with a limp, was unable to hop or [...]

Case This 42-year-old former professional goalkeeper presented with a six month history of right shoulder pain. While there was no obvious precipitant the player described an injury to his shoulder about five years previously. On examination he was found to have localised tenderness over his right acromioclavicular joint (that was different to the contralateral side), [...]

Case This young woman presented following an ankle sprain injury. She reports ‘twisting’ her ankle during a football game (but the exact mechanism was unclear). She was unable to continue and had been unable to walk without pain since. She complained of highly localised pain and swelling around the medial ankle and midfoot. She was [...]