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Speeding Up Time: An Old Back In A Young Athlete, Carey Wagoner, Greg Canty
Speeding Up Time: An Old Back In A Young Athlete, Carey Wagoner, Greg Canty
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Case of a 16 year old female competitive dancer with chronic back pain. Previous diagnosis of mechanical low back pain being treated by PT without improvement. Further workup demonstrated bilateral spinal synovial cysts at L4/L5 facet joints. Patient underwent IR guided aspiration and steroid injection with resolution of her symptoms and ultimately returned to dance.
Something's Gnawing At Me, Catharine Kral, Brian Harvey
Something's Gnawing At Me, Catharine Kral, Brian Harvey
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17-year-old female presented to Sports Medicine clinic with a chief complaint of bilateral hip pain and difficulty walking who was found to have bilateral ovarian teratoma.
Insidious Ankle Swelling, Catharine Kral, Brian Harvey
Insidious Ankle Swelling, Catharine Kral, Brian Harvey
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10-year-old female presented to clinic for left heel pain and swelling. She participates in dance for an estimated 8-9 hours a week. Symptoms started four weeks prior to presentation. She does not remember any inciting event, fall, trauma, or other mechanism of injury prior to onset. She says the pain is localized to the lateral aspect of her calcaneus and extending up to her Achilles. She has never seen any bruising, erythema, or skin changes overlaying the swollen region. Family reports she intermittently has a limp. It is most tender to touch or when she bumps her foot on something. …
Innovative Management Of Posterior Upper Thigh Pain In Two Adolescent Athletes, Thomas Munro, Brian Harvey
Innovative Management Of Posterior Upper Thigh Pain In Two Adolescent Athletes, Thomas Munro, Brian Harvey
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Case history: Two 16-year-old males with posterior upper leg pain. Athlete A reports he had been exploding up to dunk a basketball when he felt a pop with immediate pain in his posterior LLE. He was treated conservatively with activity modification and PT resulting in improvement of symptoms and return to full activity. He returned 15-months after the initial injury due to recurrence of pain. Athlete B stated he had tweaked his hamstring multiple times over the summer and had been working with a physical therapist for rehabilitation. He had attempted full rest for a couple weeks with graded return …
17-Year-Old Ballet Dancer With 4 Years Of Right Upper Extremity Pain, Mariah Sisson, Brian S. Harvey
17-Year-Old Ballet Dancer With 4 Years Of Right Upper Extremity Pain, Mariah Sisson, Brian S. Harvey
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History:No known injury. Intermittent, dull, radiating. Starting at the shoulder and moving to the medial elbow, but sometimes only at the medial elbow with numbness of the 4th/5th digits. No limitations in ballet. Extended course to see Sports Medicine. PCP - failed treatment for herpetic whitlow, referred to dermatology. Dermatology - bilateral Raynaud's syndrome & Pernio, referred to rheumatology. Rheumatology - having RUE numbness, referred to neurology & PT. Neurology - tenderness to palpation at the anterior shoulder, referred to Sports Medicine. PT - getting stronger, but symptomatically making minimal improvement. PE:Cardiac: capillary refill normal. MSK: RUE: Inspection: No erythema, …
Is The Current Concussion Protocol For Student Athletes Enough?, Trey Morgan, Barbara Mcclaskey
Is The Current Concussion Protocol For Student Athletes Enough?, Trey Morgan, Barbara Mcclaskey
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In the world of sports there are bound to be accidents and one of the most common kinds of accidents are concussions. It has been reported that 10-20% of high school student athletes will experience a concussion. The purpose of this study was to examine the current concussion protocol for student athletes and to identify the best practices for a diagnosis and follow-up to decrease the likelihood of any severe brain damage. The methodology was a literature review. Evidence in the literature reported that individual educational plans (IEP) have been shown to be good at helping student athletes get back …