Common Rugby Union Injuries

Neck Injuries

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

Hamstring Injury
(Hamstring Muscle Strain)
(Pulled Hamstring)

Sprained Ankle
(Ankle Sprain)
(Ankle Instability)
(Inversion/Eversion Injury of the Ankle)

Shoulder Separation
(AC Joint Sprain)

Bennett's Fracture
(Fracture Dislocation of the Thumb)

Torn Cartilage Knee Injury
(Meniscus Tear)

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

Broken Collar Bone (Broken Clavicle)
Dislocated Shoulder (Shoulder Dislocation)
Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis)
Rotator Cuff Calcific Tendonitis (Calcific Tendinopathy)
Rotator Cuff Injury (Shoulder Tendonitis) (Supraspinatus Tendonitis)
Shoulder Bursitis (Shoulder Impingement Syndrome) (Subacromial Bursitis)
Shoulder Separation (AC Joint Sprain) (Acromioclavicluar Joint Sprain)

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

Facet Syndrome (Zygoapophyseal Joint Pain)
Herniated Disc (Slipped Disc)
Sacro Iliac Joint Dysfunction (SI Joint Dysfunction) Note: This is classed as a Pelvis Injury
Sciatica
Side Strain (Tear of the Oblique Muscles)
Spinal Stenosis
Spondylolysis (Lower Back Stress Fracture)

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

Bennett's Fracture (Fracture Dislocation of the Thumb)
Broken Wrist (Capitate Fracture)
Broken Wrist (Colles Fracture)
Broken Wrist (Scaphoid Fracture)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Mallet Finger (Baseball Finger)
Sprained Thumb (Skier's Thumb)
Wrist Arthritis (Osteoarthritis of the Wrist)

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

Abdominal Strain (Stomach Strain)
Gilmore's Groin (Sports Hernia)
Groin Strain (Adductor Strain)
IlioPsoas Syndrome (Hip Flexor Muscle Strain)
Inguinal Hernia
Osteitis Pubis (Pubalgia) (Instability of the Pubic Symphysis)
Sacro Iliac Joint Pain (Sacro Iliac Joint Dysfunction)

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

ACL Knee Injury & Reconstruction (Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Torn Cartilage Knee Injury (Meniscus Tear)
Runner's Knee (IlioTibial Band Friction Syndrome)
LCL Knee Ligament Injury (Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury)
MCL Knee Ligament Injury (Medial Collateral Ligament Injury)
Osgood Schlatters (Osgoods)
Knee Arthritis (Osteoarthritis of the Knee) (Knee Arthritis)
Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) (Loose Bone Fragments in the Knee Joint)
Patella Fracture (Knee Fracture) (Broken Knee Cap)
Jumpers Knee (Patella Tendonitis) (Patella Tendinopathy)
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Anterior Knee Pain) (Patellafemoral Maltracking) (Chondromalacia Patella)
PCL Tear (Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tear)

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

Achilles Paratendinopathy (Achilles Tendonitis)
Achilles Tendinopathy (Achilles Tendonitis)
Broken Leg (Tibia & Fibula Fracture)
Calf Muscle Strain
Compartment Syndrome (Exertional Lower Limb Pain)
Osgood Schlatters (Osgoods) Note: This is classed as a Knee Injury
Shin Splints (Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome)
Tibialis Posterior Pain (Acquired Flat Foot) Note: This is classed as a Foot Injury

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Condition	Common Signs & Symptoms
Condition	Pain	Swelling	Stiffness	Weakness	Instability	Locking

Sprained Ankle (Ankle Sprain) (Ankle Instability) (Inversion/Eversion Injury of the Ankle)
High Ankle Sprain (Syndesmosis Sprain)
Broken Ankle (Ankle Fracture)
Lisfranc Joint Injury (Ruptured Tarso-Metatarsal Ligaments)
Metatarsal Fracture (Broken Foot)
Os Trigonum Syndrome (Floating bone in back of ankle)
Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Pain)
Snowboarder's Ankle (Fracture of the Lateral Process of the Talus Bone)
Tibialis Posterior Pain (Acquired Flat Foot)