Musculoskeletal ultrasound examination

#KneePain #KneeOsteoarthritisOrJustImagining #WhyDoMyKneesMakeNoises These can be examined using diagnostic ultrasound to look for abnormalities. Ultrasound diagnosis is a technology that enables detailed diagnosis of abnormalities in the bones, joints, muscles and nerves with high accuracy and precision. 

Patients can see the abnormality on the ultrasound screen immediately, which helps them understand their condition better. In addition, when used to guide injections, it offers up to 99% accuracy, is safe, gives good treatment results, causes less pain and avoids the risk of hitting dangerous structures such as blood vessels or nerves.

What can diagnostic ultrasound show?

1. Knee degeneration 

2. Bone spurs around the knee

3. Inflammation in the knee joint 

4. Cysts behind the knee

If knee osteoarthritis is found, artificial joint fluid injections add lubrication to the knee joint, and physical therapy helps reduce pain and repair and treat the inflamed tissues in the knee, which cause the pain, tightness, swelling and warmth in the knee joint.

In summary, if you have knee pain or noisy knees, an ultrasound examination is recommended. It involves no radiation, is safe and is better than an X-ray at finding the cause of knee pain, because an X-ray only shows bone, whereas ultrasound can show the joints, tendons, muscles, cartilage, soft tissues and even cysts in the knee, allowing the doctor to make an accurate diagnosis.

At Rehab Care Clinic, artificial joint fluid injections are given by rehabilitation physicians specialising in the musculoskeletal system using “ultrasound-guided injection”, so the artificial joint fluid reaches exactly the right spot in the knee joint, reducing the chance of injection errors and without bleeding.