by Clifton | May 8, 2024
Posted with permission from my patient. This is a 23-year old pro-footballer (right-back/right-footed). C/o: discomfort and severe fatigue in his lower lumbar muscles after only 15-mins steady running. This is a problem for a pro-footballer who is required to be sharp...
by Clifton | May 8, 2024
Presenting complaint: This is the case of a healthy pro-footballer presenting with a left subacute 5th metatarsal stress fracture that was picked up on MRI. The injury site was asymptomatic in footwear, except when the player was wearing his Nike Air Zoom Mercurial...
by Clifton | May 8, 2024
There are many more adaptations to LLI than 10, but these are a few visual signs that might help you recognise asymmetry in leg length. I’ll write more about the associated over-use injuries and treatment planning for LLI in follow-up posts: PART 2 & 3. These are...
by Clifton | May 8, 2024
Nice example of a Metatarsus Primus Adductus in this morning. Metatarsus primus adductus (MPA) is a foot deformity where the first metatarsal bone is adducted away from the second metatarsal creating a gap between the two. It is generally thought to have unknown...
by Clifton | May 8, 2024
These images are with the kind permission and full consent of my male patient for this case study. Apart from the feeling of generalised stress in his lower limbs while running. My 25-year old patient had no particular over-use injury. He wanted an assessment to gain...
