Referred pain into the upper extremities often accompanies neck pain. Referred pain can be the initial symptom of a compressed nerve root by a ruptured disc or stenosis at the foramina from osteophyte…
Foot Injuries
Foot injuries are common and because they affect mobility, they can have significant effects on a patient’s life and so are important.…
Foot Injuries
Foot injuries and pain, both as a result of trauma and pain of non-traumatic origin, is common. Because it affects mobility, it can have significant effects on a patient’s life and so is importa…
Inversion injury with a twist
An 11-year-old previously well boy presented 2 days after sustaining a twisting inversion injury to his right ankle while running down hill on grassy ground.…
Shoulder and Brachial Plexus Injury
This session covers the anatomy, common pathology and the clinical and radiological assessment of the shoulder and brachial plexus. This should lead to the formulation of appropriate management plans…
Interesting Case of a Limping Child
A 6-year-old boy attends the ED with a two week history of pain in the foot, which had developed into a limp over the preceding 2 days.…
Broken Neck or Not
A 74-year-male presented to the Emergency Department with neck pain. Whilst enjoying a round of golf, slipped backwards down a bank onto some rocks…
That’s One Odd-looking Hand
A 28-year-old, right hand dominant male sustained an injury to his left hand after falling from his bicycle.…
The Knee Bone’s Connected to the Ankle Bone
A 35-year-old male presents to the ED complaining of pain to the medial aspect of his right ankle following a twisting injury to the lower leg after getting his foot trapped between 2 rocks while clim…
Fractured Neck of Femur
Fracture of the neck of the femur is a common injury and the incidence is increasing although it is not always easy to diagnose. The majority of fractures are caused by falls in the elderly and the fr…
Fractured Neck of Femur
The risk factors for a fractured NOF can simplistically be divided into risk factors for falls and risk factors for osteoporosis.…
The Constraints of Hip X-Ray
A 82-year-old woman presents with a likely dislocation of her hip prosthesis.…
Rugby Trouble
A 15-year-old boy presents to the ED complaining of pain over the right sternoclavicular joint and reduced movement due to pain in the right arm.…
Shoulder Injury
A 26-year-old right hand dominant man is brought in to the ED.…
Neck injury
A 62-year-old man comes into the Emergency Department in the early hours of the morning following a fall…
Trampoline Ankle
You are asked to review a 3-year-old girl brought in crying inconsolably by her parents.…
The Dangers of Low Slung Jeans!
A 13-year-old boy was brought into the ED by ambulance after falling off his BMX bike.…
A good knee’s up
A young female footballer presents with a swollen, painful knee after being tackled. She cannot mobilise. Examination reveals a large effusion.…
Boxing, and Facial Injuries
Using Emergency Medicine skills as a Boxing Ringside Doctor.…
Foot Pain
Foot and ankle problems commonly present in primary care and may also present to orthopaedic surgeons, podiatrists, rheumatologists and sports medicine clinics.…