Extremity Pain

General Considerations

• Cardiovascular

  • Peripheral arterial disease

  • Claudication

  • Thrombophlebitis

  • Deep vein thrombosis

• Muscular

  • Muscle cramping and injury (strain, pulled, tear)

  • Tendinopathy and tendon injury (strain, sprain, tear)

• Skeletal

  • Joint pathology including shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, ankle

    • Arthritis: Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, septic arthritis

    • Gout and pseudogout

  • Fracture

    • Stress fracture

    • Long bone fracture due to trauma, osteoporosis, malignancy

  • Osteomyelitis

• Skin and soft tissue

  • Bursitis

  • Cellulitis

  • Compartment syndrome

• Neurologic

  • Sciatica

    • Disc herniation

    • Spinal stenosis

  • Peripheral neuropathy

  • Meralgia paresthetica

Pediatric

• Growing pains

• Legg-Calve-Perthes disease

• Osgood-Schlatter disease

• Growth plate fracture

• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis