Why use Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging in Sports Medicine?
Within Sports & Orthopaedic Medicine an accurate, detailed assessment is essential for any successful treatment. Ultrasound enables us to really see what is going on within your muscles, ligaments and tendons. We can see how badly you are injured. This helps us devise the best programme for your recovery and it helps us to monitor your progress so you get back to fitness as fast as possible. A prompt, extensive clinical assessment by an experienced specialist physiotherapist is required. In experienced hands, ultrasound imaging forms an extension of the clinical skills of the physiotherapist and provides further detailed information about the injury. Clinical and ultrasound findings combined provide a far more detailed assessment of your injury, on which a more specific treatment can be based. Once in treatment, your injury will be monitored to identify any complications, the reaction to treatment and exercises, and to simply follow the healing progress. It provides information to help
