October 23, 2003

Sports Medicine Conference

M.B. Age 22

•      Initial complaint – Right sided lower back pain 04/22/2003 in wide receiver

•      Transient radiation to right posterior thigh

•      Present “since before Spring break”

•      No lower limb neurology

•      Initially treated with physical therapy

Investigations

•      Prior plain films 06/25/1999

•      Plain films 06/25/2003

•      Repeat plain films 07/28/2003

•      MRI 07/29/2003

•      Bone scan 08/22/2003

•      CT 08/22/2003

Type of sport – esp gymnastics/soccer/ballet

Level of competition

Length of symptoms

Location

Missing games or practice?

Radiation/weakness/paraesthesia

•      Plain films including obliques

•      Bone scans

•      SPECT scans

•      CT scans