Case A twelve-year-old male football player presented with an acute onset of anterior knee pain. He described experiencing pain when he jumped to head a ball. This did not immediately seem too bad and he was able to continue. After about 5-10 minutes however he asked to be substituted as his knee had become more [...]

Case A 13-year-old male football player presented with acute pain in his right groin. He developed this as he forcefully extended his right hip while kicking a ball. At the time of his initial presentation he reported pain that was 9/10 in severity. He was unable to weight bear. There was tenderness on palpation in [...]

Case This 28-year-old recreational football player presented following a twisting injury. He described feeling a popping sensation followed by near immediate pain and swelling. He was unable to weight-bear, had a large effusion and had laxity with Lachman’s test. Findings X-ray imaging showed an avulsion fracture of the tibial spine with an associated effusion. An [...]

Case A 23-year-old male recreational player presents two weeks following an innocuous inversion injury. He was able to weight-bear without difficulty, had very minor residual swelling and a near normal range of motion. He had an increased anterior draw on the symptomatic side. While he appeared to be progressing well an x-ray image conducted shortly [...]

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 [...]

Case A 16-year-old female age-group international player presents with an insidious onset of activity-related right foot pain.  She was unable to hop without pain and had localised tenderness over her proximal second metatarsal. A provisional diagnosis of a stress response was made and she was referred for an x-ray and MRI of her midfoot. Findings [...]

Case This young football player presented with a painful, swollen knee following an innocuous twisting injury. She described a feeling of “something going out of place”, a snapping sensation and immediate pain. She was unable to continue.  The player had a restricted ROM and a moderate-large effusion. She had pronounced tenderness about the lateral joint [...]