ABSTRACT
In addition to a clinical assessment, an understanding of the biomechanics of injury associated with sporting activity can facilitate diagnosis, treatment and management of the patient according to their competitive level and recovery goals. This chapter aims to provide a brief clinically directed overview of selected common injuries, with the examples associated with a wide variety of sports. In athletes younger than 30 years old, especially those participating in contact sports, anterior shoulder dislocations can occur in instances of traumatic or forced shoulder abduction and external rotation. After reduction of an acute anterior glenohumeral dislocation, patients are typically placed in a sling for the first few days. The anterior band of the ulnar collateral ligament is the primary stabiliser to valgus stress at the elbow. Anatomically this ligament courses from the medial epicondyle of the humerus to the sublime tubercle of the ulna.
