Sports Medicine Section Newsroom

September 29, 2025 • Sports Medicine Section

Concussion Management in the Emergency Department

A 22-year-old male presents to the emergency department with several days of headache, dizziness, and fatigue. He reports that symptoms began several hours after he was accidentally kicked in the head...

September 18, 2025 • Sports Medicine Section

Fluoroscopy for emergency department orthopedic reductions

Case: A 12 yo boy soccer player presents by EMS from the local soccer tournament after he collided with another player. He fell to the ground with an outstretched hand to brace himself. EMS noted an o...

August 6, 2025 • Sports Medicine Section

Clearing the C-Collar in the Emergency Department: A Practical Guide

Cervical spine (C-spine) injuries are a critical consideration in trauma patients. Emergency department (ED) providers must balance the need to protect the spine from further injury with the goal of m...

July 18, 2025 • Sports Medicine Section

Management of Non-Emergent Low Back Pain

Case: A 24 year old male with a past medical history of hypothyroid who presents to the Emergency Department complaining of low back pain over the past two weeks. Patient reports returning from a snow...

July 18, 2025 • Sports Medicine Section

Cracking the Case: Rib Fractures

Case: A 50-year-old male presents to the Emergency Department for right sided chest pain after slipping down a set of bleachers while doing his routine morning stair climbing. He fell directly onto th...

July 18, 2025 • Sports Medicine Section

Swimming-Induced Pulmonary Edema

Case: You are working the medical tent at a triathlon when a 52 year old female is rushed in complaining of shortness of breath. She had been doing well until the swimming portion of the race when she...

July 18, 2025 • Sports Medicine Section

Paget-Schroetter Syndrome

Case prompt: 23 year old male presents to the Emergency Department with complaints of right sided neck pain, right arm pain and swelling. Patient states that the symptoms have been ongoing for the pas...

July 17, 2025 • Sports Medicine Section

The Not-So-Minor Laceration

Case: A 24-year-old softball player with no significant past medical history presents to the emergency department (ED) after sustaining a large laceration to the left knee during a softball game.

January 18, 2023 • Sports Medicine Section

On-Field Emergencies

You’re on the field as the covering team physician for a local high school football game. The star wide-receiver has just completed a 45 yard catch-and-run play before he is tackled from behind in the...

December 7, 2022 • Sports Medicine Section

Tendon Injuries in the Emergency Department

Pearls, Pitfalls and Three Case Studies

December 7, 2022 • Sports Medicine Section

Anterior Knee Pain - A Guide and Differential Diagnosis

A 14-year-old male cross-country runner and baseball player presents to the sports medicine clinic for recurrent right anterior knee pain.

October 19, 2022 • Sports Medicine Section

Little League Shoulder

A 14-year-old male presents to the clinic with pain in the upper arm. The patient is a Little League pitcher, and his pain has been worsening since he started practicing for the all-star team.

October 19, 2022 • Sports Medicine Section

Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia

A 33 y/o female presents to your emergency department complaining of persistent nausea, fatigue, and dizziness. She tells you it has been going on for about 4 hours and began near the end of a 23-mile...

September 27, 2022 • Sports Medicine Section

Pain Control Options for Shoulder Reduction

A 21-year-old male walks into the emergency department complaining of right shoulder pain after a fall to the ground during a pickup basketball game.

August 31, 2022 • Sports Medicine Section

The Jammed Finger

You are working at a busy community emergency department when you see a 22-year-old male with a finger injury pop up on the track board.

August 17, 2022 • Sports Medicine Section

Re-evaluating Red Flags for Back Pain

It’s 8:00 am during a lazy morning ER shift. A patient pops up on the board as you take a sip of your morning coffee.

April 3, 2019

Even More Learning - Winter Wipeout and Pain in the Neck

Want to know more about skiing and snowboarding injuries or cervical spine injuries in athletes written by some of our own? Here are some teasers, but follow the links to read the entire articles!

April 3, 2019

An Interesting Case

You’re on morning shift, the ED is relatively quiet, and the first patient is a 35 year old complaining of unilateral shoulder weakness.

August 30, 2018

Not Just Another Patient with Low Back Pain. Discovering Bertolotti’s Syndrome

Patient is a 64 y/o Spanish speaking female presenting with an acute exacerbation of chronic lower back pain. Approximately 3 years ago she twisted her right ankle and believes this is what originall...

August 30, 2018

No Leg to Stand On

Case Report: Patient is a 17 year old high school American football player at the running back position who presents with distal lower extremity pain after being tackled during a routine football play...

August 30, 2018

Emergency Medicine Wants You!...To Optimize ED Concussion Management

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a relatively common reason for individuals to present to the Emergency Department (ED).

August 30, 2018

Should we leverage the Lever Sign test to evaluate for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears?

Bottom Line: The Lever Sign test is reportedly 63-100% sensitive and 90-100% specific for ACL tears. More studies are needed, but initial results may point toward a new viable maneuver in evaluating A...

August 28, 2018

The Championship Moment- A team victory, years in the making

There are a few moments in life where you find yourself in a place and wonder “just how did I get here”? Finding myself standing next to the Stanley Cup was one of those moments. Though I have had t...

August 28, 2018

AMSSM Update

Your section members are continuing to work hard collaborating across our organizations.

September 15, 2017

The Growth of EM-supported Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowships

Jeffrey P. Feden, M.D., FACEP Historically, primary care sports medicine has been heavily dominated by family physicians, and this is reflected by the relatively large number of Family medicine-based ...