Case Studies
Shoulder pain: remember the exceptions. Part 3
Does Teres minor muscle atrophy matter? In the previous two posts, we introduced a case of shoulder pain in a competitive swimmer, and picked off the first of two questions we had posed ourselves, discussing some ideas regarding what might cause the teres minor...
Shoulder pain: remember the exceptions. Part 2
What causes isolated teres minor atrophy? In the last post we introduced a case of shoulder pain in a competitive swimmer. Here's a recap of what we found when we scanned her shoulder: "The examination indicated: Subdeltoid/subacromial bursal fluid may...
Shoulder pain: remember the exceptions. Part 1
Which findings explain the symptoms? The case of teres minor. A 21-year-old woman presented with ongoing shoulder pain. She was a high-level competitive swimmer, and found her pain increased during sets, or was a constant, low-level ache. She experienced pain...
Cuboid fracture: Illustrating our working during COVID-19 restrictions.
Maintaining high-quality healthcare within an environment of physical distancing. A 62 year old man was referred for examination of the right ankle after having injured it two weeks previously. With nothing adverse detected on X-ray, clinical indications...
Tendon injury and the continuum. What hurts, and why?
Tendon injury: multiple findings within the same tendon. A 62 year old competitive badminton player presented having injured his left Achilles while playing approximately 6 weeks earlier. He had been sore since the injury despite conservative management and was...
How to tendinopathy 3: using the ultrasound report
A guide to using the findings in an ultrasound report indicating tendinopathy. In the previous two posts we have talked about the continuum model of tendinopathy according to Jill Cook’s research group. The idea that tendinopathy is a process of injury, the...
How to tendinopathy: 2
Ultrasound in the clinical picture of tendinopathy: guiding management decisions. In the previous post, we left you with the idea that ultrasound imaging can visualise the stages of the tendon continuum according to Cook et al.,1,2 and that management of tendon...
How to tendinopathy: 1
About tendon injury. Tendinosis is tendinitis that can’t be proven to be associated with inflammation, but tendinitis is. Or maybe tendinosis might be failed repair of a previously inflamed tendon, so might be tendinitis then not tendinitis. Also, tendinosis...
The ankle 3: consider the foot?
Ankle or foot: consider both? An 18-year-old man presented having injured his left ankle approximately four days earlier. He required a wheelchair for two days, and was using crutches after that. In addition to obvious pain on weightbearing, he also had...
The ankle 2: medial and lateral pain
Ankle injury: normal findings are still helpful. A 27-year-old woman presented having suffered an injury to her left ankle. Approximately a week earlier she had been out running and had hurt her ankle, which was tender both medially and laterally. An X-ray did...
The ankle 1: inversion injury
Ankle inversion injury: includes the lateral ligaments. A 19-year-old woman presented having suffered an injury to her left ankle. Two-weeks earlier she had tripped on a medicine ball and forcefully inverted her ankle. An X-ray at ED taken on the day of the...
Traumatic isolated Lis Franc ligament rupture in a 44 years old female
Left foot injury 17 days ago while hopping on the foot after right foot surgery…
News
AUT Ultrasound Imaging Post Graduate Paper runs in March 2021
Ultrasound Imaging” is a paper that is part of postgraduate programmes at AUT
Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging (RUSI) One Day Seminar at Sportslab
Scott and Richard Ellis were invited to run an introduction RUSI for the team at Sportslab
