Presentation The patient experiences an insidious onset of difficulty with tasks such as opening jars because of pain localized to the dorsoradial aspect of the wrist that is exacerbated with thumb and wrist motion, and which may also be present…
Presentation The patient presents after falling onto the buttocks or getting kicked in the sacrococcygeal synchondrosis during an athletic activity, complaining of pain at the tip of the spine that is worse with sitting and perhaps with defecation owing to…
Presentation A patient presents with anterior shoulder pain after falling onto the lateral shoulder or, less commonly, an outstretched arm, or has received a direct blow to the clavicle. With distal clavicle fractures, patients may complain of pain on the…
Presentation The patient will complain of neck pain after any mechanism that caused forceful neck hyperextension followed by hyperflexion. This is most commonly seen after a motor vehicle collision when the vehicle is struck from behind, but sports injuries and…
Presentation The patient complains of pain, tingling, or a “pins and needles” sensation in the hand(s) or fingers. There may be the sensation of swelling or tightness in the absence of edema in the affected hand(s) as well as the…
Presentation Following minimal trauma or repetitive motion, a nonarticular synovial sac or bursa protecting a tendon or prominent bone becomes swollen and possibly painful, inflamed, and fluctuant. It may be nontender or tender. The elbow, hip, knee, and shoulder are…
Presentation The patient seeks help for painful swelling of the hand over the distal fifth metacarpal (MC) after punching an object or another person with a closed fist. It occurs commonly during fistfights or from punching a hard object, such…
Presentation After jamming the tip of a partially or fully extended finger (resulting in hyperflexion of the proximal interphalangeal [PIP] joint) or with direct trauma over the joint, the patient develops a painful, swollen PIP joint. These injuries are seen…
Presentation A toddler who is between 1 and 4 years of age presents with upper extremity pain and reluctance to use that extremity following a sudden jerk on the arm. Circumstances surrounding the injury may be obvious (such as a…
Presentation Most patients with ankle sprains describe an inversion injury; eversion injuries are less common. Inversion injuries constitute 85% of ankle sprains. Patients may report having stepped off a curb or into a hole. Sports-related injuries often occur after jumping…