Evening Lecture: Anterior Knee Pain – Differential Diagnosis & Management

This presentation will be of particular interest to therapists, rehab pro’s, doctors and S&C coaches

Anterior knee pain has often been regarded as the black hole of orthopaedics, because of the numerous differing pathologies involved in this catch all diagnosis. The catch all nature of anterior knee pain and the potential for it being a multitude of underlying pathologies is a likely reason for the difficulty often found in treating this group of conditions especially with regards to long term success. This presentation looks at the causes of anterior knee pain and aims to present features of the common underlying pathologies which will aid differential diagnosis.

Lecture content:

• Key underlying causes of anterior knee pain

• Typical signs and symptoms of individual pathologies grouped as anterior knee pain

• Effect of diagnosis on prognosis

• Targeted management

Dr Lee Herrington PhD MCSP


Lee is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Rehabilitation, University of Salford; programme leader for the MSc Sports Injury Rehabilitation course. Has a technical lead clinical role with the English Institute of Sport and acts as a consultant physiotherapist to a number of premiership & championship football and rugby union clubs. Worked as part of the Team GB medical team at the Rio 2016 Olympics and the London 2012 Olympic Games. Has previously worked with British Swimming team, Great Britain Women’s Basketball team, Wigan Warriors and Great Britain Rugby League teams. Research interests are the treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries, specifically: anterior knee pain; hamstring muscle injuries and rehabilitation following knee surgery (principally ACL reconstruction), along with work into the swimming and rugby shoulder, has published over 100 research papers.

Venue: Spire Murrayfield Hospital, Wirral

Tutor: Dr Lee Herrington

Fee: £50

FMA members discounted fee: £40