Ultrasound
What An Ultrasound Scan Shows
- Achilles tendon/tendonitis/rupture/insertion
- Retrocalcaneal bursitis
- Plantar Fasciities/partial tear/chronic v. acute/lack of pathology for work comp/bilateral comparison
- Plantar Fibroma/with direct measurement
- Heel spur/fracture of spur/position on medial or lateral tuberosity
- Morton's neuroma/real time Mulder's click/differentiation from adjacent metatarsal bursitis
- Tibialis posterior/rupture/tendonitis/dysfunction
- Rheumatoid arthritis/capsular erosion/cffa/Nodules
- Bone/cffa/Near surface only/immediate view of stress fracture/chevron osteotomy/periostitis,subperiosteal hematoma, osteotomy bridging/motion at fx/osteotomy site/fx sesamoids,sesamoidal facet arthropathy
- Ankle sprain/deltoid ligament/partial vs. complete tears a.t.f./c.f./p.t.f ligament.
- Cystic masses/fluid v. solid/compressibility/adjacent anatomic structure
- Fat pad thickness/diabetic at risk foot evaluation