Enthesopathy - Week 17

Question 1

What is enthesitis?

Answer 1

Inflammation of tendon onto bone due to overuse, injury or disease

Question 2

What is ‘jumpers knees?’

Answer 2

Pain over the inferior pole of the patella, from overuse.
Can also occur at insertion of quadraceps

Question 3

Treatment for Jumpers knee?

Answer 3

NSAIDS and RICE

Question 4

What is tennis elbow?

Answer 4

Enthesitis at lateral epicondyle in common extensor origin
Pain exacerbated by wrist extension

Question 5

Treatment for tennis elbows?

Answer 5

NSAIDs
Analgesics
RICE
Physio

Question 6

What is golfers elbows?

Answer 6

Enthesitis of the wrist flexor at medial epicondyle
Pain exacerbated on wrist flexion

Question 7

Treatment for golfers elbow?

Answer 7

Analgesics
RICE
PHYSIO
NSAIDS

Question 8

Presentation of Achilles tendinitis?

Answer 8

Pain over Os-Calcis
Worse in morning, improve during day

Question 9

Treatment for Achilles tendinitis?

Answer 9

RICE
Analgeics
Physio

Question 10

How tendon rupture of biceps present?

Answer 10

Pop eye sign, rupture of long head of biceps