Sports and Medicine

A gentleman came to see me this evening with itchy multiple red patches on his trunk, upper and lower limbs. He remembered going to a Christ...

An adult male patient came yesterday with back pain 2 days after injuring his back carrying a light object at work. He did not complain of a...

Ramli is a 30 yrs old club soccer player who came with painful right armpit (axillary region) painful swelling of 3 days duration. He usuall...

Tinea pedis (athlete's foot) is a common fungal condition occuring in the feet of athletes or workers who routinely wear their shoes wi...

There is an interesting write up of the series of sudden deaths in soccer by The Star (Malaysia) on Thursday August 30, 2007. A history of ...

Mr Loh is a odd-job worker who came to see me with a painful and swollen left knee this since 3 days duration. He told me that he gets the ...

Cigarette smoking has been known to adversely affect sporting performance. Despite efforts by the honorable Sports Minister to discourage sm...

You are required to arrive at the game venue earlier than everyone else to prepare set up your things and prepare the drinks. Prior to that ...

I have been treating asthmatic elite athletes with Montelukast ( Singulair ) for at least 4 years as a single monotherapy drug. Most of the...

Mr Lim came in walking on his heel with a painful and swollen base of the right big toe (see photo) yesterday. He could not remember having ...

The local council is going to get a complaint from this patient. He was walking back from 'Mamak' (a spicy, not so fancy, local fast...

Anthony is a 10 year old basketball player and cyclist who weighs 60 kgs. He came this afternoon with a recurrent left big toe painful swell...

Chong was a regular gymnasium user who was as fit as an elite athlete. He did 2 hours of regular workout including 30 minutes run, core stab...

"Where is the medical team?" Shouted the spectators in the far side of the Cheras Badminton Stadium. The officials pointed to the ...