MSK scan

 

MSK Ultrasound is used to diagnose a wide range of injuries and chronic conditions.

These include muscle tears, tendonitis, bursitis, and joint problems. Also rheumatoid arthritis, and masses such as tumors or cysts. 

MSK Ultrasound is performed in real-time. Sometimes, pain or injury is triggered by movement.  MSK Ultrasound can provide information that cannot be detected by any other imaging method. It also has the added advantage of being radiation-free too.

 
MSK ultrasound is also used by musculoskeletal physiotherapists. To allow guided injections and procedures.  It allows for real-time visualisation of the joints and soft tissue.
 

What type of scans are available?

 
 

Shoulder Ultrasound Scan

 
A shoulder MSK Ultrasound is used in the assessment of the shoulder joint. It is a quick painless ultrasound scan examination and readily available. It is also a dynamic examination. Unlike MRI and therefore the muscles, tendon, the rotator cuff and soft tissue can be evaluated in real-time and also under movement.
Shoulder scan
 

What is the purpose of this shoulder ultrasound?

 
Provide an assessment of the major musculoskeletal structures in the shoulder. 
 
They include: 
 
  • Biceps Tendon
 
  • Subscapularis
 
  • Supraspinatus
 
  • Infraspinatus
 
  • Teres Minor
 
  • Deltoid Muscle
 
  • Abnormal fluid or inflammation around the shoulder
 
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Reasons for having a shoulder scan include:

 
  • Shoulder Pain
 
  • Rotator cuff problems
 
  • Tears
 
  • Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis)
 
  • Impingement
 
  • Discomfort
 
  • Biceps Rupture
 
  • Biceps Tendonitis
 
  • Impingement Syndrome
 
  • Bursitis
 
  • Joint effusion
 
  • Vascular pathology
 
  • Haematomas
 
  • Soft tissue masses such as ganglia, lipomas
 
  • Classification of a mass e.g. solid, cystic, mixed
 
  • Post-surgical complications e.g. abscess, oedema
 
  • Guidance of injection, aspiration, or biopsy
 
  • Some bony pathology.
 

What is included with this shoulder scan?

  • Ultrasound report and if needed, also a follow-up recommendation.

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Elbow Ultrasound Scan

 
The elbow joint is a complex joint. Composed of three communicating joints that share a common synovial membrane. Ultrasound scans are requested for the examination of patients with elbow pain. Pain is generally caused by overuse syndromes, trauma, inflammatory diseases, or neuropathies. Any activity that involves excessive flexion-extension movements of the elbow can result in undue stress. Particularly on the ligaments, tendons, and muscles that stabilise the joint. Nerve entrapment as in Radial Tunnel Syndrome. Also carpal tunnel or median nerve entrapment. Neuropathy and cubital tunnel or ulnar nerve entrapment neuropathy can also occur. These types of injuries happen gradually over time. They can aggravate existing conditions such as Tendonitis. Tennis Elbow and also Golfer’s Elbow are examples of common overuse injuries. 
Elbow scan
 

What is the purpose of this ultrasound scan?

 
The purpose of this ultrasound scan is to examine your elbow. For the diagnosis of Tennis or Golfer’s elbow. Also from repetitive strain movements and other pathologies.

 

Reasons for having an elbow scan include:

 
  • Pain
 
  • Reduced Movement
 
  • Tennis Elbow
 
  • Students Elbow
 
  • Tear
 
  • Tumours & Cancers
 
  • Discomfort
 
  • Inflammation
 
  • Bursitis
 
  • Tendinopathy
 
  • Nerve entrapment
 

What is included with this elbow ultrasound scan?

 
  • Ultrasound report and if needed, a follow-up recommendation.
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Wrist Ultrasound Scan

 
The bones of the hand and wrist provide the body with support. Also, flexibility to manipulate objects in many different ways.
 
Ultrasound offers benefits that include evaluation of tendon inflammation and rupture. Evaluation of palpable masses or suspected occult masses. Also evaluation of suspected foreign bodies.
 
Hand and wrist injuries are also common in athletes. They can affect tendons, muscles, and also nerves. These injuries can be acute or chronic too. Acute injuries follow sudden traumatic events such as falls or joint sprains. Chronic lesions can be the result of local repetitive microtrauma.
MSK ultrasound Wrist scan
 

What is the purpose of this wrist ultrasound scan?

 
The purpose of this wrist ultrasound scan is to provide an assessment of the musculoskeletal structures in the wrist joint.
 
They include: 
 
 
  • Distal radioulnar joint
 
  • Mid carpal joints
 
  • Triangular fibrocartilage complex
 
  • The six extensor compartments
 
  • Abnormal fluid or inflammation around the wrist
 

Reasons for having a wrist scan include:

 
  • Pain Reduced Movement
 
  • Wrist effusion and/or synovial thickening (inflammatory/traumatic/septic)
 
  • Erosions from inflammatory arthropathy tenosynovitis
 
  • De Quervain tenosynovitis Intersection syndrome
 
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
 
  • Ganglion cysts 
 
  • Tendinosis,
 
  • Partial-thickness tendon tear
 
  • Full-thickness tendon tear
 
  • Scapholunate ligament injury
 
  • TFCC injury
 
  • Avulsion injuries
 
  • Aneurysm/pseudoaneurysm
 
  • Neuromas
 

What is included with this private ultrasound scan?

 
Ultrasound report and if needed, a follow-up recommendation.
 

Hand Ultrasound Scan

 
The bones of the hand and wrist provide the body with support. Also, flexibility to manipulate objects in many different ways.
 
Ultrasound offers definite benefits including evaluation of tendon inflammation and rupture. Evaluation of palpable masses or suspected occult masses. Also evaluation of suspected foreign bodies.
 
Hand and wrist injuries are also common in athletes. They can affect articular structures, periarticular tendons, muscles and nerves too.  These injuries can be acute or chronic. Acute injuries follow sudden traumatic events such as falls or joint sprains. Chronic lesions can be the result of local repetitive microtrauma.
 
Wrist scan

What is the purpose of this scan?

 
The purpose of this hand ultrasound scan is to evaluate your hand anatomy:
 
  • Finger Flexor
 
  • Tendons
 
  • Tendon sheath
 
  • Pulleys
 
  • Palmar fascia
 
  • Ulnar collateral ligament
 

Reasons for having a hand scan include:

 
  • Pain
 
  • Reduced Movement
 
  • Osteo or rheumatoid arthritis
 
  • Swelling
 
  • Ganglion Cyst
 
  • Discomfort
 
  • Inflammation
 
  • Muscular, tendinous and also ligamentous damage (chronic and acute).
 
  • Foreign bodies.
 
  • Joint effusions.
 
  • Soft tissue masses such as lipomas.
 
  • Classification of a mass e.g. solid, cystic, mixed.
 
  • Post-surgical complications e.g. abscess, oedema.
 
  • Relationship of normal anatomy and pathology to each other.
 
  • Some bony pathology.
 

What is included with this scan?

 
  • Ultrasound report and if needed, a follow-up recommendation.
 

Hip MSK Ultrasound Scan

 
Hip and groin pain is very common and ultrasound has been proven to be a useful tool. Particularly in the assessment of the hip tendons. Also ligaments, muscles, nerves, synovial recesses, articular cartilage, bone surfaces and joint capsule. The goal of the ultrasound scan is to detect and localise pathological processes. To differentiate between intra-articular and extra-articular pathology.
 
Many hip diseases are detectable with ultrasound. These include assessment of the soft tissues. Also tendons, ligaments and muscles, and also of the bone structures and joint spaces too. In patients with sports-related hip pain, ultrasound has an important role in dynamic assessment of snapping iliopsoas tendon. Also joint fluid, bursitis, haematoma and paralabral cyst formation.
 
Potential causes of hip discomfort and fever include psoas abscess. Also prostatitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and urinary tract infections too. Ultrasound has the ability to help diagnose these conditions. Allowing appropriate and timely initiation of treatment.
Hip scan

 

What is the purpose of this ultrasound scan?

 
The purpose of the hip ultrasound scan is to provide an assessment of the hip musculoskeletal structures. 
 
They include: 
 
  • Bone structures (femoral head and acetabulum)
 
  • Fibrocartilaginous structures (acetabular labrum)
 
  • Cartilage layers covering the hip joint
 
  • Capsular-ligamentous structures
 
  • Synovial joint
 
  • Muscles and tendons
 
  • Synovial bursae
 
  • Neurovascular structures
 

Reasons for having a hip scan include:

 
  • Pain
 
  • Muscular and some ligaments damage (chronic and acute)
 
  • Bursitis
 
  • Joint effusion
 
  • Vascular pathology
 
  • Haematomas
 
  • Soft tissue masses such as ganglia, lipomas
 
  • Classification of a mass eg solid, cystic, mixed
 
  • Post-surgical complications eg abscess, oedema
 
  • Some bony pathology.
 

What is included with this hip ultrasound scan?

 
  • Ultrasound report and if needed, a follow-up recommendation.
 

Knee MSK Ultrasound Scan

 
Knee problems and knee pain are common. The knee is a frequent point of contact during traumatic accidents. It is prone to wear and tear due to its weight-bearing nature. It is also a common site for arthritic pain. The knee joint is made up of four main structures: bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons.
 
Three bones meet to form your knee joint. Your thigh bone (femur), shin bone (tibia), and kneecap (patella).
 
Ultrasonography is used for the assessment of the knee joint. It can provide useful information on a wide range of conditions affecting the knee joint. These include the tendons, ligaments and also muscles. Also synovial space, articular cartilage, and surrounding soft tissues.
 
Knee Scan

What is the purpose of this ultrasound scan?

 
The purpose of this knee ultrasound scan is to provide an assessment of the structures in the knee joint.
 
They include:
 
  • Quadriceps tendon
 
  • Patellar tendon
 
  • Bursa
 
  • Biceps femoris
 
  • Anterior cruciate ligament
 
  • Medial collateral ligament
 
  • Lateral collateral ligament
 
  • Posterior cruciate ligament
 
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Reasons for having a knee scan include:

 
  • Pain
 
  • Reduced Movement
 
  • Tumours & Cancers
 
  • Discomfort
 
  • Inflammation
 
  • Patellar tendinosis
 
  • Patellar tendon tear
 
  • Quadriceps tendon tear
 
  • Prepatellar bursitis
 
  • Infrapatellar bursitis
 
  • A popliteal cyst (Baker cyst)
 
  • Fractured kneecap
 
  • Torn meniscus
 
  • ligament tear
 
  • Torn hamstring muscle
 
  • Gout (a form of arthritis)
 

What is included with this knee ultrasound scan?

 
  • Ultrasound report and if needed, a follow-up recommendation.
 

Ankle Ultrasound Scan

 
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography is a very powerful diagnostic tool. Diagnosing of a wide array of foot and ankle problems. These include tendinosis, tenosynovitis, paratendinitis and also ruptures. Also dislocation, ligaments that are commonly torn, plantar fasciitis. Morton’s neuroma, stress fractures, and plantar plate injury too.
 
Sports and overuse injuries of the ankle and foot are common. Ultrasound is established as an excellent diagnostic modality for the foot and ankle. Providing a rapid noninvasive examination tool that is well tolerated by the patient with acute or chronic pain.
 
Ankle scan

What is the purpose of this scan?

 
The purpose of this ankle ultrasound scan is to provide an assessment of the ankle joint:
 
  • Tendons
 
  • Tendons Sheaths
 
  • Anterior joint space
 
  • Retrocalcaneal bursa
 
  • Ligaments
 
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Reasons for having an ankle scan include:

 
  • Pain
 
  • Intra-articular bodies
 
  • Tear
 
  • Tenosynovitis
 
  • Tendinitis
 
  • Soft tissue masses
 
  • Bursitis or capsulitis of the joints
 
  • Ligament injuries
 
  • Effusion
 
  • Ganglion cysts
 
Preparation
 
No preparation is necessary for this scan.
 

Foot MSK Ultrasound Scan

 
Musculoskeletal ultrasonography is a very powerful diagnostic tool. For the diagnosis of a wide array of foot and ankle problems such tendinosis, tenosynovitis, para tendinitis and also ruptures. Also dislocation, torn ligaments and plantar fasciitis. Morton’s neuroma, stress fractures, and plantar plate injury too.
MSK Ultrasound Foot scan
 

 

What is the purpose of this scan?

 
The purpose of this foot ultrasound scan is to assess major the structures in the foot joint
 
  • Tendons
 
  • Tendon Sheaths
 
  • bursa
 
  • Ligaments
 

Reasons for having a foot scan include:

 
  • Pain
 
  • Reduced Movement
 
  • Tear
 
  • Discomfort
 
  • Inflammation
 
  • Plantar Fasciitis
 
  • Plantar Fibroma
 
  • Morton’s Neuroma
 
  • Tumours, Cancers
 
  • Foreign bodies
 
  • Soft tissue masses such as ganglia, lipomas
 
  • Bursitis or capsulitis of the joints
 
  • Ligament injuries
 
  • Tendonitis or tendon tears
 
  • Heel spurs
 
  • Tarsal tunnel syndrome
 
  • Muscular damage (chronic and acute)
 
  • Joint effusions
 
  • Vascular pathology
 
  • Haematomas
 
  • Classification of a mass eg solid, cystic, mixed
 
  • Post-surgical complications eg abscess, oedema
 
  • Some bony pathology such as arthritis.
 
Preparation
 
No preparation is necessary for this scan.
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