Chilly fingertips : Raynaud's phenomenon -- Volar nodule and flexion contracture of ring finger : Dupuytren's contracture -- Paintul thumb after intense bout of hammering : de Quervain's disease -- Nocturnal wringing of painful tingling right hand : carpal tunnel syndrome -- Fall resulting in wrist deformity : Colles fracture -- Burning pain, swelling, and trophic changes in hand, wrist, and forearm out of proportion to a 2-week-old negligible injury : reflex sympathetic dystrophy -- Bilateral epicondylar elbow pain : tennis and golfer's elbow -- Persistent pinpoint tenderness over vicipital groove despite shoulder rotation and painful arc during resistive supination and elevation : bicipital tendinitis -- Loss of active right shoulder elevation after injury without painful arc : rotator cuff rupture -- Chronic right shoulder pain and crepitus during elevation, swimming, or carrying a briefcase : supraspinatus impingement -- Chronic shoulder discomfort that progressed to acute unrelenting pain over 4-month period : calcific supraspinatus tendinitis -- Acute and excruciating shoulder pain after intense bout of exercise and relieved by rest : subacromial bursitis -- Stiff and painful shoulder : adhesive capsulitis -- Painful bump over distal end of clavicle : acromioclavicular joint sprain -- Fall on point of shoulder, causing sagging of upper extremity, loss of shoulder function, and much pain on movement : clavicle fracture -- Painful bump over proximal section of clavicle : shoulder separation -- Diver accident with acute pain and deformity in shoulder : shoulder dislocation -- Pain, dysesthesia, and parasthesia in ulnar three digits caused by proximal lesion : thoracic outlet syndrome -- Large and broad-shouldered infant with monoparetic arm after breech delivery : Erb's palsy -- Exquisite pinpoint muscle pain and taut bands within muscle substance and remote referral to a locale within the same myotome : myofascial pain syndrome -- Chronic and generalized aches, pains, stiffness at three anatomic sites and multiple tender points as well as insomnia and headche of at least 3 months in duration : primary fibromyalgia syndrome -- Neonate presenting with leftward head tilt and righward facial fattening : congenital muscal torticollis -- Acute hemiparalysis of all facial muscles after cold exposure : Bell's palsy -- Right ape-hand deformity and left clawhand deformity after accident in which both hands were thrust through a glass window : nerve injury -- Momentary stabbing pain in groin and ipsilateral buttock and loss of ambulation after a fall that yanks the ipsilateral extended leg into excessive abduction and flexion : muscle injury.
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Rehabilitation methods to be considered before surgical intervention are discussed in this book. Ideas and concepts from sports medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, geriatrics, ergonomics, kinesiology and physiatry are used in a case-study format covering many common injuries.