"Came in with a very very painful back, hip and leg. After a session with Emma went out moving more freely, and with some superbly effective advice. Within a couple of days, problem solved. " Dr David Erdal, Scotland

BODYMOTION CHIROPRACTIC & SPORTS INJURIES CLINIC

THE BARBICAN

CITY OF LONDON

020 7374 2272

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This is only intended as an interactive tool for patient education. It should only be used as a general guide and should not be considered an accurate diagnositic tool or a replacement for a full medical examination. We do not purport to treat all the complaints listed. Should you wish to discuss any of these conditions with our chiropractors please do not hesitate to phone the clinic on 020 7374 2272 or email enquiries@body-motion.co.uk

headaches

Primary Headaches	Location	Sensitivity to light and sound	when do they occur?	Prodromal symptoms/visual changes	How long do they last?
Cervicogenic Headaches	Behind the eye, forehead or base of skull	no	Noticeable on going to bed and waking up	no	Few hours to days
Tension Headaches	tight cap/band location	no	Worse pm	no	Usually hours
Migraine with Aura	Throbbing pain usually one sided over eye/temple	yes	May occur at times of stress or relaxation	Yes Flashing lights	Few hours to days
Migraines without Aura	Throbbing pain usually one sided over eye/temple	yes	May occur at times of stress or relaxation	no	Few hours to a day
Cluster Headaches	Painful, knife like over eye	no	Occur same time every day	Eye tearing, facial flushing and runny nose	Minutes to hours

Condition	Locking clicking or popping	True weakness	Instability	overuse injury	swelling	Deformity
Impingement Syndrome				*
Rotator cuff tendinopathy				*
Bicipital Tendinopathy	* possible			*
Supraspinatus tear		* if severe		*
Subacromial Bursitis				*
Adhesive Capsulitis				* possibly
AC sprain			* if severe		*	* 2nd and 3rd degree sprains
Collar bone fracture					*	*
Labral tear	*			* possibly
Dislocated Shoulder (GH)			*		*	*
Biceps Rupture		* if severe		* possibly	*	*
Osteoarthritis of shoulder	*

elbow pain

lateral Elbow Pain

Condition	Tenderness to Touch	swelling	Stiffness	History of Trauma	Repetitive Strain Activity
Tennis Elbow (Lateral epichondylitis)	*	*Gradual	*		*
Elbow Fracture	*	* *	*	* Fall on outstretched hand with elbow straight
Wrist/Finger Extensor Strain	*		*		*

Medial Elbow pain

Condition	Tenderness	swelling	Instability/ Giving Way	History of trauma	Repetitive Strain activity	Tingling
GOLFERS ELBOW/medial epichondylitis	*	*			*
ulnar collateral ligament sprain	*	* in severe cases	*	possibly	*	* in severe cases
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome				possibly	*	*
elbow fracture	*	**	*	Severe stress to outer arm

Posterior Elbow pain

Condition	Swelling	Tenderness	History of Trauma	Repetitive Strain Activity
Triceps Tendinopathy		*		*
Olecranon Bursitis	* Marked		Direct fall onto tip of elbow	*
Olecranon Fracture	* * Marked	*	Direct fall onto tip of elbow

Anterior elbow and forearm pain

Condition	tenderness	Restricted movement	Weakness	Repetitive Strain Activity	Tingling in hands/fingers
Anterior Interosseous Nerve Entrapment	*		*		*
wrist/finger flexor strain	*	*		*

wrist and forearm pain

Condition	Tenderness	Restricted movement	Instability	History of Trauma	deformity	Due to Repetitive Activity
Wrist Sprain	*	*	* in severe cases	*
Wrist fractures (scaphoid fracture, distal radius fracture etc)	*	*	* in severe cases	*	* insevere cases	* very rarely
Ganglions	* possibly	* in severe cases			Presence of Nodules	*
Repetitive Strain Injury	*					*

hand and finger pain

Condition	tenderness	True Weakness i.e. not due to pain	History of Trauma	Swelling/ Deformity	Tingling	Night Pain
De Quervains Syndrome	*	*		*
skiers thumb/ucl sprain	*	*	*	*
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome		*		* in severe cases due to muscle wasting	*	*
Anterior Interosseous Nerve Entrapment	*	*	* Possibly		*
Thoracic Outlet	* Diffuse into arm and hand		* Possibly		*
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome	*	*	* Possibly previous trauma	*	*

hip pain

Anterior (front) Hip

Injury	Instability / Giving Way	Locking / Catching	Stiffness	Tenderness to Touch	Snapping
Labral Tear	*	*	*
Hip Flexor Strain			*	*
Psoas Bursitis	*		*	deep	*
Iliopsoas Tendonitis			*	*	*

Lateral (outside) Hip

Injury

Instability / Giving Way

Locking / Catching

Stiffness

Tenderness

Greater Trochanteric Bursitis

Osteoarthritis (OA) /

Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)

Posterior (buttock) hip

Injury	Referred Leg Pain	Tenderness to Touch	Stiffness	Tingling	Weakness
Piriformis Sydrome	*	deep	*	*
Sacro-iliac Joint Syndrome	*	*	*
Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation	*	deep	*	*	*

knee pain

Anterior (front) Knee

Injury	Instability / Giving Way	Sudden Onset	Rapid Swelling -1hr	Slow Swelling (hrs &days)	Internal / Deep Pain	Locking / Catching
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tear	?	? post trauma	?		?	?
Cartilage / Meniscus Tear	?	? post trauma		?	?	?
Patella-Femoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS)				?	Under knee cap	?
Osteoarthritis (OA) / Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)				?	?	?
Tibia Stress Fracture		? post trauma		*	boring pain
Plica				?	under knee cap	?
Patella Tendinopathy				?

Medial (inside) Knee

Injury	Instability / Giving Way	Sudden Onset	Rapid Swelling -1hr	Slow Swelling (hrs-days)	Tenderness to Touch	Locking / Catching
Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) Sprain	* in severe cases	*	* in severe cases	* in mild cases	*
Cartilage / Meniscus Tear	*	*	* in severe cases	*	*	*
Osteoarthritis (OA) / Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)				*	*	*
Bursitis / Tendinitis				*	*

lateral (Outside) Knee

Injury	Instability / Giving Way	Local Swelling	Local Tenderness	Locking / Catching
Cartilage / Meniscus Tear	*	*	*	*
Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) Sprain	* in severe cases	*	*
Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITB) Syndrome		*	Under knee cap	*
Osteoarthritis (OA) / Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)		*	*	*

Posterior (Back) Knee

Injury	Local Swelling	Diffuse Swelling	Local Tenderness	Stiffness	Locking / Catching	Instability / Giving Way
Synovial Cyst (Bakers Cyst)	*		* in rare cases	* rare
Popliteus Muscle Strain			*	*
Osteoarthritis (OA) / Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)		*		*
Cartilage / Meniscus Tear		*		*	*	*

ankle and foot pain

Lateral Ankle

	Instability/ Giving Way	Swelling	Pain	Able To Weight Bear	Snapping/Clicking
Inversion Sprain Grade 1		*	*	* can walk but not jump or run
Inversion Sprain Grade 2		*increased and often some bruising	*	* able to walk a few steps
Inversion Sprain Grade 3	*	*very rapid and severe	*	Unable to walk or weightbear
Peroneal Tendinopathy		*	*	*
Peroneal Tendon Disclocation	*	* post trauma	*		*
Tib-Fib Fracture or Diastasis		* very rapid and severe	*	Unable to walk or weightbear

medial ankle pain

	Instability/ Giving Way	Swelling	Pain	Able to Weight Bear	Snapping/Clicking	Tingling
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome			*			*
Tibialis Posterior Tendinopathy			*		* possibly
Deltoid Ligament Sprain	* if severe	*	*	Not if severe

Posterior Ankle Pain

	Instability/ giving way	swelling	pain	unable to weight bear	Snapping/clicking
Achilles Tendinopathy		*	*
Achilles Rupture		* rapid with bruising	* severe	*	* sometimes as injury occurs
Retrocalcaneal Bursitis		*	*

Anterior ankle pain

	Instability/ Giving Way	Swelling	Pain	Unable to Weight Bear	Snapping/Clicking
Anterior ankle impingement syndrome		*	*

Heel pain

Condition	Heel Pain	Tenderness	Swelling	Pain on Standing on Toes	Unable to Weight Bear	Pain on Standing on Heels
Plantarfasciiatis	*	*	* possibly	may feel more comfortable in high heel
Fat Pad Syndrome	*	*				*
Calcaneal Fracture	*	*	*		*

Fore foot pain

Condition	Pain	Tenderness	Swelling	Tingling	Deformity
Mortons Neuroma	* worse when standing on toes or tight shoes	*	*more noticeable on top of foot	* may also have burning	* toes may be slightly splayed
Metarsalgia	* a/a	*	*a/a		* Claw toes and bunions may contribute
Sesamoiditis	*	*	* under ball of foot
Bunion	* sometimes	*			*

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