Musculoskeletal Key

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…

Fig. 5.1 Pubic-bone joint. The pubic-bone joint is made up of the anterior bony structures of the pelvis and all of the soft tissue attachments to the pubic bones. This…

Fig. 12.1 Pain circle describing migration of pain and the multifaceted nature of pain in athletes’ groin. The majority of patients may have initially (1) insertion tendonitis of adductors, (2)…

Fig. 3.1 Differential diagnosis—groin pain in the athlete Hip Groin pain often results from extra- and intra-articular problems in the hip. Extra-articular problems may be related to acute overload or…