Not every patient who presents to the sport and exercise medicine clinician has a sports-related condition. Sport and exercise medicine has its share of conditions that must not be missed-'red flag' conditions that may appear at first to be rather benign. For example, a patient diagnosed with a minor 'calf strain' may have a deep venous thrombosis or a young basketball player with proximal anterior tibial pain who has been labelled as having Osgood-Schlatter disease may have an osteosarcoma or giant cell tumour of the proximal tibia.
In this online course we:
outline a clinical approach that should maximise your chances of recognising a condition that is 'masquerading' as a sports-related condition
describe some of these conditions to illustrate how they can present.