Welcome to our Sports Injury Symptom Checker. Simply select the location of your injury and relevant symptoms. The ‘Virtual Sports Therapist‘ will match your symptoms to potential injuries.
Remember I do not replace a real person and always recommend seeking professional advice.
How to use the sports injury symptom checker
- Select the category/location of your pain.
- Then select those symptoms which apply.
- If there are no injuries matching your symptoms then try removing a symptom from the list.
Symptoms by body area
Select from the options below to view specific injuries which have that particular symptom.
Foot & heel symptoms
- Gradual onset foot pain
- Aching foot
- Ball of foot pain
- Burning pain between toes
- Flat foot or dropped arch
- Foot biomechanics
- Foot tingling or numbness
- Inside foot pain
- Itchy foot
- Outside foot pain
- Pain in the arch of the foot
- Pins and needles in foot
- Point tenderness on foot
- Sudden onset foot pain
- Swollen foot
- Top of foot pain
- Pain under the heel
- Pain at the back of the heel
- Heel pain in the morning
- Ball of the foot pain
- Impact/trauma to heel
- Achilles/heel swelling
Ankle & Achilles symptoms
- Ankle swelling
- Ankle deformity
- Gradual onset ankle pain
- Inner ankle pain
- Locking ankle
- Pain at the back of the ankle
- Sudden onset ankle pain
- Tenderness at the front of the ankle
- Tenderness on inside of ankle
- Tenderness on the outside of the ankle
- Achilles tendon stiffness
- Achilles swelling
- Achilles/heel swelling
- Gradual onset achilles pain
- Sudden onset achilles pain
Shin & calf symptoms
Knee symptoms
- Aching knee
- Audible snap in the knee
- Bruising on the knee
- Burning knee pain
- Gradual onset knee pain
- Impact to the knee
- Inside knee pain
- Knee instability
- Knee joint pain
- Knee joint swelling
- Knee pain when kneeling
- Knee pain when sitting
- Knee pain when squatting
- Local knee swelling
- Outside knee pain
- Pain below the knee
- Patella pain (kneecap)
- Sudden onset knee pain
- Twisted knee
Hip & groin symptoms
- Aching hip
- Chronic hip pain
- Front hip pain
- Hip joint pain
- Hip pain at night
- Hip pain balancing on one leg
- Hip pain in children
- Hip pain when sitting
- Hip stiffness
- Hip swelling
- Outer hip pain
- Sore hips
- Sudden hip pain
- Acute groin pain (sudden onset)
- Gradual onset groin pain
- Groin pain
- Groin pain during exercise
- Groin swelling
- Impact to groin
- Sharp pain in groin
Arm & elbow symptoms
Chest & abdominal symptoms
Shoulder symptoms
- Aching shoulders
- Front of shoulder pain
- 60 degree arc pain
- Top of shoulder pain
- Radiating shoulder pain
- Shoulder blade pain
- Shoulder deformity
- Shoulder impingement
- Shoulder instability
- Shoulder joint pain
- Shoulder pain at night
- Shoulder pain with overhead movements
- Shoulder stiffness
- Shoulder swelling
- Sudden onset shoulder pain