9. Strains
• “muscle injury”
• caused by a sudden stretching force or a very forceful contraction
of the muscle
• Severity;
• grade 1 - <10% muscle fiber damaged
• grade 2 - 10-90% fiber damaged
• grade 3 - complete rupture of muscle
10. Strains
Degree of Muscle Injury
First : some fiber torn
Second : pain, swollen, decrease
power and range of motion (ROM)
Third : complete tear, no
contraction, gapping or palpable
muscle
11. Strains
SYMPTOMS
• Sudden pain or feeling that the
muscle has tightened
• Pain on contraction
• Tenderness
• Pain on stretching
• Swelling and bruising
• Decrease ROM
TREATMENTS
Initial : RICE
stretching exercises can usually
begin within 48 hours / pain free
More severe injuries need longer
rest
12. Contusions
• “direct impact to muscle”
• causes local muscular damage and bleeding as the muscle is
crushed against the underlying bone.
• Pain, bruising, swelling are common.
• There may be a decrease in motion.
• Contracting the muscle will be painful.
13. Muscle Cramp
✤ Brisk muscle contraction
✤ Common : thigh and calf
✤ Exercise in extremely hot or cool environment
✤ Dehydration
✤ Decrease potassium, calcium, magnesium
Rx: Massage, stretching, hydration
15. Stress Fractures
• incomplete fracture, hairline
fracture, fatigue fracture
• femur, tibia, fibula, metatarsals,
navicular, calcaneus, talus, ribs
Low velocity, repetitive
Track athletes, dancers
Pain on exertion, night pain, point of
tenderness
Sub acute to chronic cases :
radiographic changes( 2-3 weeks)
16. Stress Fractures
Treatments:
• Modified rest for six to eight
weeks
• NSAIDs
• Cryotherapy
• Stretching and flexibility
exercises
• Non weight-bearing with
crutches
17. Tendon : Overuse Injury
Repetitive mechanical loading of the tendon
Cellular/matrix response
adequate inadequate
Transient
weakness
in tendonadaptation
Continued loading exceeding
the tendon’s healing capability
18. Tendonitis
• Overuse injury which gradually develops over time.
• ‘Tendonitis’ literally means inflamed tendon.
19. Tendonitis
SYMPTOMS
• Pain gradually over a period
of time
• Worse when start and then
ease off
• Morning stiff?
• Thicker, tender tendon
• Lumps /nodules within the
tendon
TREATMENT
• Initial treatments; reduce pain,
stiffness and swelling
• Electrotherapeutic
• Acupuncture
• Stretching exercise
• Eccentric strengthening
exercise
20. Bursitis
✤ Inflammation of ‘bursa’
✤ Overuse condition occurs due to
repeated rubbing of the overlying
soft tissue
✤ Impact bursitis is due to bleeding
into the bursa
25. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
SYMPTOMS
• Dull ache pain in the wrist
and forearm may radiate to
elbow and shoulder
• Tingling or burning
sensation
• Pain which is worse at night
• Weakness in the fingers
and hands.
SIGNS
• Tinel’s sign
• Phalen’s test
• Two-point discrimination test
• Durkan’s compression test *
26. De Quervain's Tenosynovitis
• Tenosynovitis of
1st extensor compartment
[ APL & EPB ]
• Radial side wrist pain
• Swelling
• Catching or snapping
• Numbness
• Finkelstein’s test
27. Tennis elbow
• Pain just below the lateral
epicondyle
• Weakness in the wrist
• Pain with resisted wrist
extension
• Pain with passive terminal
wrist flexion with the elbow
in full extension
usually involves a microtear of ECRB,
but may also extend into ECRL and ECU
30. Golfers / Throwers Elbow
• Pain on medial epicondyle
at origin of PT and FCR
• Weakness in the wrist
• Pain on the inside of the
elbow when hard grip
• Pain when resisted wrist
flexion
• Pain on resisted wrist
pronation
34. Rotator Cuff Injury
• Dynamic stability of
GH joint
• 4 muscles;
Supraspinatus .. abduct
Infraspinatus .... ER
Teres minor ....... ER
Subscapularis ... IR
36. Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy
✤ Pain on rotation of the shoulder, especially against resistance
✤ Pain on abduction
✤ Tenderness when pressing on the affected tendon
✤ The tendon may feel thickened
✤ creaking feeling (crepitus) when moving the tendon
40. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
✤ Lachman test ;
most sensitive
✤ Anterior drawer test
✤ Lateral pivot shift test ;
most specific
41. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
✤ Lachman test ;
most sensitive
✤ Anterior drawer test
✤ Lateral pivot shift test ;
most specific
42. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
✤ Lachman test ;
most sensitive
✤ Anterior drawer test
✤ Lateral pivot shift test ;
most specific
43. Anterior Cruciate Ligament
Treatments
✤ Conservative in low demand, elderly -> Quadriceps exercise
✤ Surgery in young, active patients -> ACL reconstruction
44. Posterior Cruciate Ligament
✤ Primary restrain of excessive posterior
translation of tibia
✤ chronic; PF arthritis
✤ pathognomonic; drop back sign
✤ posterior drawer test
✤ quadricep active test
50. Ottawa Ankle Rule
Need ankle series x-ray if;
Pain exists near one or both of
the malleoli PLUS one or more
of the following:
✤ Age >55 years old
✤ Inability to bear weight
✤ Bone tenderness over the
posterior edge or the tip of
either malleolus
60. Osgood-Schlatter disease
✤ Apophysitis of tibial
tuberosity
✤ onset :10-20 years of age
✤ bilateral 20-30%
✤ Adolescent athletes : M > F
✤ Pain at a proximal tibia,
prominent mass
61. Osgood-Schlatter disease
✤ Conservative Treatment;
✤ rest
✤ knee brace
✤ analgesic / NSAIDs
✤ protected weight in severe case
✤ avoid contact sports
✤ improve with age
62. Jumpers Knee ‘Patellar Tendonitis’
✤ chronic overuse injury of patellar tendon
✤ jumping sport; basketball, gymnastic
✤ Pain at inferior and anterior patella
✤ Aching and stiffness after exertion
✤ Pain when quadriceps contraction
✤ The affected tendon may appear larger
✤ May be associated with poor Vastus
medialis obliquus (VMO) function
✤ Calf weakness may be present
63. Runners Knee ‘ITB syndrome’
✤ Pain on the outside of the knee (at or around
the lateral epicondyle of the femur)
✤ Tightness in the iliotibial band (Ober Test)
✤ Pain normally aggravated by running,
particularly downhill
✤ Pain during flexion or extension of the knee,
made worse by pressing in at the side of the
knee over the sore part
✤ Weakness in hip abduction
✤ Tender trigger points in the gluteal area may
also be present
65. Runners Knee ‘ITB syndrome’
Treatment
✤ Proper shoes
✤ NSAIDS
✤ Stretching tensor fascia lata and iliotibial band
✤ Strengthening hip abductor
66. Plantar Fasciitis
✤ Heel pain, under the heel and usually on the inside, at the origin of the
attachment of the fascia: medial calcaneal tubercle
✤ Pain when pressing on the inside of the heel and sometimes along the arch
✤ Pain is usually worse first thing in the morning as the fascia tightens up
overnight
✤ If more severe the pain can get worse throughout the day if activity
continue
✤ Stretching the plantar fascia may be painful
✤ Sometimes there may also be pain along the outside border of the heel