MSK Flashcards
investigations for achilles tendonitis
ultrasound
MRI
management of achilles tendonitis
rest
physio
heel raise
start up pain in foot after rest, pain worse after exercise, tenderness, pain relieved when walking on toes
plantar fasciitis
management of plantar fasciitis
rest
ice
analgesia
physio
steroid injection
surgery
medial elbow pain, pain is made worse by wrist flexion and by making a fist
golfers elbow
investigation for golfers elbow
clinical
ultrasound/MRI
management of golfers elbow
rest
NSAIDs
physio
pain radiating down forearm, pain on elevated middle finger, tenderness on lateral palpation
tennis elbow
management of tennis elbow
rest
physio
NSAIDs
what nerve is compressed in carpal tunnel
median nerve
tingling in thumb, worse at night better when dropped over bed, loss of sensation, weakness over the thumb, muscle wasting in thenar emenance
carpal tunnel
management of carpal tunnel
wrist splint
corticosteroid injection
decompresion
radial sided wrist pain, pain aggrevated by gripping and raising objects, makes a fist over thumb and extends it forward ilicits the pain
de quervains tenosynovitis
= swelling of tendons that run along the thumb
investigation for de quervains tenosynovitis
ultrasound
Xray
management of de quervains tenosynovitis
rest
NSAIDs
thumb splint
steroid injection
palmar nodule thickened
thickening and tethering of the skin
contracture of the long fingers
cannot lay palm flat on the table
dupuytrens contracture