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  • Get an X-Ray to rule out any fractures
  • Elevate to help acute swelling drain
  • Check in with a sports medicine doctor and sports physical therapist as soon as possible for an initial examination
  • Recommend not to see a family doctor or GP unless you’re 100% confident they’re fully invested in your recovery
  • Get an MRI for more in depth information about soft tissues, ligaments and cartilage (get on any cancellation lists)
  • If possible get the images/scans on hand so you can give them to any appropriate specialist and physios (always try to get DICOM files)
  • Get in contact with a sports orthopaedic surgeon for anything serious that needs surgical intervention
  • Do physical therapy until you feel as close to pre-injury as possible, ensure range of motion is back to normal, there’s no pain and swelling and your walking pattern is normal
  • In the case where there was no acute injury and pain, it is important to get blood work/tests done to rule out any systemic issues. Good things to get checked can include:

    •     Complete Blood Count
        25-Hydroxy Vitamin D
        Anti Nuclear Antibody
        C Reactive Protein
        Rheumatoid Factor
        HLA-B27

  • If all else fails a sports med doc/ortho can take a look and maybe do some ultrasound guided drainage of any inflammation/swelling/effusions. Then maybe they’ll be more luck in physio

    • Bonus iPhone Tip
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    Use the Health app’s walking asymmetry results to see progress in gait

    PocketHealth
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    To get scans and images requested from imaging centres and hospitals

    NewYorkOrtho (YouTube)
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    For learning about surgical techniques

    First Look MRI - Power to the Patient (YouTube)
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    For learning about MRI scans

    Prof. Dr. J. Bellemans (YouTube)
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    Complete Anatomy
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    Anatomy application for Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android

    ChatGPT
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    ChatGPT useful for gaining more knowledge and details that a doctor may be not to keen on devlving into the intracacies of (highly recommend the voice assistant/conversation mode

    DICOM File Viewers for MRI
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    • Windows: RadiAnt DICOM Viewer
    • Linux: Weasis DICOM Viewer
    • MacOS: Bee DICOM Viewer

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