In Episode 29 of The MSK Minute, I discuss development of a differential diagnosis for anterior hip pain in the adult. This is the first installment in the series on developing a location-based differential diagnosis for hip pain in the adult. Future installments will review sources of lateral hip, pain, posterior hip pain, and emergent sources of hip pain. This could potentially be quite useful with the uptick in the number of telemedicine visits due to COVID-19. Enjo...

In Episode 28 of The MSK Minute, I review the common Mallet Finger injury, including what it is, how to diagnosis it, and how to treat it! Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Please subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basics of Ortho community at www.basicsofortho.com. If you would like to get in touch, you can do so through the website or email me at [email protected] articles used for this podcast can be found by clicki...

In Episode 27 of The MSK Minute, I review the bare bones basics of musculoskeletal X-Ray, including what views to order and what to look for in them! Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Please subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basics of Ortho community at www.basicsofortho.com. If you would like to get in touch, you can do so through the website or email me at [email protected] in this episode:https://www....

In Episode 26 of The MSK Minute, I review the infamous "Jones Fracture" of the fifth metatarsal, what it is, how to diagnosis it, and how to treat it! Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Please subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basics of Ortho community at www.basicsofortho.com. If you would like to get in touch, you can do so through the website or email me at [email protected] referenced in this episode:Jones R. ...

In Episode 25 of The MSK Minute, I review De Quervain's Tenosynovitis of the wrist, what it is, how to diagnosis it, and how to treat it! Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Please subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basics of Ortho community at www.basicsofortho.com. If you would like to get in touch, you can do so through the website or email me at [email protected]: The information presented in this podcast is b...

In Episode 24 of The MSK Minute, I review shoulder impingement syndrome, what it is, how to diagnosis it, and how to treat it! Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Please subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basics of Ortho community at www.basicsofortho.com. If you would like to get in touch, you can do so through the website or email me at [email protected]: The information presented in this podcast is based on Jas...

In Episode 23 of The MSK Minute, I briefly review the Achilles tendon, the evaluation and treatment options when it ruptures. Included is an except from the book "The Knife Man: Blood, Body Snatching, and the Birth of Modern Surgery" by Wendy Moore, about 18th century surgeon John Hunter who described rupturing and treating his own Achilles rupture. Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Please subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basi...

In Episode 22 of The MSK Minute, I review my top 7 pieces of advice for second year physician assistant students before starting clinical rotations. Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Link to McMaster University's "Orthopaedic Clinical Clerkship Guide" by Anne Dang, CCPA.https://mcmasterpa.weebly.com/orthopaedic-surgery.htmlPlease subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basics of Ortho community at www.basicsofortho.com. If you would ...

In Episode 21 of The MSK Minute, I review three common fractures associated with a fall on an outstretched hand or FOOSH injury, including distal radius, scaphoid, and radial head/neck fractures. Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Please subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basics of Ortho community at www.basicsofortho.com. If you would like to get in touch, you can do so through the website or email me at [email protected]....

In Episode 20 of The MSK Minute, I review four common injuries associated with excessive inversion of the foot and ankle, including lateral ankle sprain, lateral malleolus fracture, mid foot sprain, and fifth metatarsal fracture. Enjoy, and I trust that you will find the information valuable.Please subscribe to the podcast and YouTube Channel, and join the Basics of Ortho community at www.basicsofortho.com. If you would like to get in touch, you can do so through the website or em...