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NAME:
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Sarah Hopkins |
AGE: |
14 years |
CASE: |
Pains in her knees and ankles. |
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NOTES
Sarah is extremely active in sports – it's her thing.
She's got her school netball team into the local league. They
practise hard – team is on the up. She's a great dancer
too, so she's popular with a wide group of friends. She organised
a charity dance event – it raised £500.
As well as the pains in her knees and ankles she's tired in
the mornings and won't get up – not like her at all. Her
doctor (her GP) is worried that she might have a form of arthritis
called rheumatoid arthritis – this might seriously affect
her sporting ambitions.
RELEVANT FACTORS:
- Arthritis is a disease that affects joints; it's painful
and joints can seize up. The possible rheumatoid arthritis
diagnosis needs to be ruled out by checking her joints.
- Her feet and ankles need to be checked. This is to see
what's wrong and offer her some help; it turns out Sarah
has badly strained knees and ankles. The person doing this
notices Sarah's new (and rather trendy shoes). Could these
be making her pains worse?
- Someone else helps Sarah develop a programme to ease
her over the pain in her joints. This person helps her plan
a sport programme that won't cause her harm, too. With this
person's help (and some good coaching) Sarah is soon playing
for the county team.
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