Sports Medicine Team Practitioner Approach to Treatment of Sports Injuries
- Treatment of the injury: Non-operative and operative (types of surgery)
- Healing phases and rehabilitation
- Lab: Comprehensive sports injury physical examination
- Lab: Gait, posture, and functional kinetic chain assessment
LAB: Physical Examination of the Ankle & Lower Leg
- Preventive measures, mechanics of injuries, inspection of gait, range of motion, manual muscle testing, and special stress tests
- Pes anserinus bursitis or tendonitis
- Shin splint or medial tibial stress syndrome
- Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
- Achilles tear, strain, bursitis, tendonitis, or tenosynovitis
- Gastrocnemius and soleus strain
- Retrocalcaneal bursitis or Sever’s syndrome
- Lateral and medial ankle sprain
- Syndesmotic injuries (high ankle sprain)
- Tarsal tunnel
- Interdigital (Morton’s) neuroma
- Plantar fasciitis
- Peroneal tendon subluxation
- Jones fracture
- Stress fracture
- Avulsion fractures
LAB: Physical Examination of the Knee, Hip, & Thigh
- Preventive measures, inspection of gait, squats, lunges, range of motion, mechanics of injuries, palpation, and special stress tests
- Ligament injuries
- Anterior and posterior cruciate
- Medial and lateral collateral
- Cartilage injuries
- Meniscal tears
- Articular
- Degenerative joint disease
- Patellafemoral injuries
- Chondromalacia
- Malalignment and instability
- Tendonitis or Osgood-Schlatter
- Degenerative joint disease
- Muscle injuries
- Gluteus maximus weakness
- Gluteus medius and minimus weakness
- Tensor fascia lata weakness
- Quadriceps femoris and hamstring strain/tendonitis/ruptures
- Hip injuries
- Hip impingement
- Trochanteric bursitis
- Adductor strain
- Iliotibial band friction syndrome
LAB: Physical Examination of the Shoulder & Arm Injuries
- Preventive measures, inspection posture, functional movement, mechanics of injuries, range of motion, palpation, and special stress tests
- Glenohumeral instability, anterior or posterior joint
- Rotator cuff strain, impingement or tendonitis
- Pectoralis strain
- Acromioclavicular joint sprain
- Brachial plexus (burner/stinger)
- SLAP lesion
- Bicipital tenosynovitis/subluxation
- Triceps and biceps strain
- Bursitis of elbow
- Lateral and medial epicondylitis of the elbow
LAB: Physical Examination of the Back Injuries
- Preventive measures, inspection gait, posture, functional kinetic chain assessment, mechanics of injuries, range of motion, palpation, and special stress tests
- Piriformis syndrome and sciatica
- Erector spinae muscle strain
- Sacroiliac sprain
- Acute and chronic low back pain
- Lumbar spinal stenosis
LAB: Physical Examination of the Wrist, & Hand Anatomy
- Preventive measures, inspection posture, mechanics of injuries, range of motion, palpation, and special stress tests
- Trifibrocartilage (TFC)
- DeQuervain’s
- Hand and fingers fracture/other conditions
- Gamekeeper’s thumb
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