Tuesday, April 17, 2012


This image is of a male defensive back who injured shoulder after an arm tackle in recent game.
He felt pain and immediate dead arm which lasted 5 min. He has since had pain with ER and abduction movements. Additionally he feels as though his shoulder will give out.
What view are you looking at? What pathology exists and how can you tell?
Make sure you look very closely at the outlines of bony structures!
If he is now a week out - what should you be doing regarding therapy?
How conservative or aggressive should you be?

Wednesday, April 4, 2012


The patient above was seen for upper extremity symptoms of pain, numbness and tingling. Since you know the symptoms, what do you notice unusual about the images? Are these images taken from PA or AP? What would you suspect the medical diagnosis might be?