What’s this upper-arm mass that won’t play ball?
Cooper is a right-handed 14-year-old who presents with a lump on the right upper arm.
Tag: Musculoskeletal
Can you recognise this sign on X-ray?
Mark is a 62-year-old mechanic who presents with several months of worsening mid-thoracic back pain.
Do epidural corticosteroids help sciatica?
The injections offer only a small reduction in lumbosacral radicular pain, concludes Cochrane review.
Does this show a fracture or a dislocation?
Maria, a 21-year-old university student presents with a tender and swollen right hand.
Real case: The day my patient got a lucky break
It was just after Christmas: our clinic was opening the week between Christmas and New Year on reduced hours and I had volunteered to work.…
Perfect restoration of wrist fractures doesn’t improve outcomes
US study shows precise anatomic realignment is not necessary in older patients.
What does this shoulder examination show?
Paul is a 53-year-old, right-handed plumber who presents with a two-week history of right shoulder pain.
Chris Del Mar, Facebook chiro and the ‘killer’ inhalers: AusDoc stories of the year
A review of three of the big stories of 2019.
Too little sleep tied to osteoporosis
Older women who sleep fewer than five hours are more likely to have low bone mass, study shows.
