Fig. 9.1 Example of upper crossed syndrome (artist rendition) Fig. 9.2 Example of lower crossed syndrome (artist rendition) Forward head position Kyphotic shoulders Tight pectoralis major Tight upper trapezius Tight…
Fig. 11.1 Athletic groin history patient information form used at the Washington University School of Medicine The physical exam should be comprehensive and include a careful abdominal exam, assessment for…
Fig. 14.1 Rugby player sustaining a groin injury during play Background The controversy surrounding the diagnosis and management of groin pain results from the inability to offer an exact pathological…
Fig. 6.1 (a) AP radiograph demonstrating dysplastic left hip fully contained within true acetabulum. (b) AP radiograph demonstrating high dislocations of bilateral hips, as described by Hartofilakidis, in spite of…
Fig. 13.1 Marking for incision for right Sportsmen’s groin repair. Arrow points to external ring when palpated through scrotal skin A sharp incision is performed and electrocautery dissects down through…
Musculoskeletal Gastrointestinal Genitourinary Systemic Acetabular labral tear Inflammatory bowel disease Nephrolithiasis Inflammatory arthropathies Femoral head AVN Appendicitis Pelvic inflammatory disease Lymphadenopathy Adductor/flexor tendonitis Diverticulitis Epididimytis Lymphoma Stress fracture Colorectal malignancy…
Fig. 10.1 This figure depicts the repair. Please note the direction of suture placement in the muscle and in the pubic tubercle as depicted by the dashed line. The goal…
Adductor tendinopathy Athletic pubalgia [5] Rectus femoris injury Nerve entrapment (ilioinguinal nerve, iliohypogastric nerve, genitofemoral nerve, obturator nerve) [6] Hernia (inguinal, femoral, obturator) [7] Intra-articular hip pathology • Acetabular labral tear…
Warm-up Bike Adductor stretching Sumo squats Side lunges Kneeling pelvic tilts Strengthening program Ball squeezes (legs bent to legs straight) Different ball sizes Concentric adduction with weight against gravity …
Fig. 1.1 Schematic anatomy of the pubic symphysis. (a) Partially rotated view (b) anterior view Abdominal Wall Numerous muscles responsible for stabilization of the pelvis have a common attachment point…
