operative options

Sportsman's Hernia

Definition

 

Groin pain in athletes

- secondary to tear in external oblique fascia

 

Epidemiology

 

Sports with aggressive adduction

- hockey / soccer

 

Pathology

 

Tears in external oblique fascia

- tend to be central

- around spermatic cord and ilioinguinal nerve

- pain may be from nerve entrapment

 

DDx

 

Adductor Longus Tear

Management

Non Operative

 

Options

 

Metatarsalgia

- preMT dome

 

Claw toes

- wide deep toe box

 

Foot drop

- AFO

 

Insensate foot

- custom orthosis

 

Varus

- lateral heel wedge

- AFO (flexible)

- medial iron with lateral T strap

 

ITB Friction Syndrome

Pathology

 

ITB rubbing on LFC

- long distance runners (slow running more at risk than fast)

- cyclists (seat too high, improper technique)

 

ITB becomes tight, especially posterior portion

 

Develop inflammed tissue under ITB

- synovium

- bursa

 

Aetiology

 

Overuse 

- sudden increase in distance

- hill running

- genu varum 

- improper shoe wear

Bunionette

Definition

 

Painful prominence of lateral eminence of 5th metatarsal head 

 

Coughlin Classification 

 

Type I deformity 

- prominent lateral condyle 5th metatarsal head

- lateral condylectomy

 

Type II deformity 

- lateral bowing of 5th metatarsal

- chevron osteotomy

 

Hallux Rigidus

Definition

 

Painful restriction of dorsiflexion of the great toe 

- secondary to degenerative changes in MTPJ

- initially pain and synovitis

- osteophytes don't form medially or on plantar aspect

 

Epidemiology 

 

Two peaks

1.  Adolescence F > M

2.  Middle Age M > F

 

Aetiology

 

Often Idiopathic

 

Trauma