Ultrasound
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- What is a Podiatrist?
- Diabetes and Your Feet
- Ankle Sprain
- Chronic Lateral Ankle Pain
- Fractures
- Shin Splints
- Sports Injuries
- Bunions
- Flat Feet
- Hammertoes
- Spurs
- Plantar Fasciitis (heel spur)
- Smelly Feet and Foot Odor
- Neuroma
- Blisters
- Corns and Calluses
- Ingrown Nails
- Athlete's Foot
- Fungal Nails
- Orthotics
- MRI
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave
- Fitness And Your Feet
Ultrasound is a very effective tool for diagnosing a wide variety of foot and ankle problems, particularly soft tissue problems. Ultrasound uses sound waves on the body in a way much like radar uses sound waves. The waves hit a targeted area and are bounced back to a recording device, which produces an image. Ultrasound is a completely safe, noninvasive, and painless diagnostic procedure.
Common problems for which ultrasound may be prescribed include:
- Bursitis.
- Heel spurs or plantar fasciitis.
- Injuries of the ligaments, tendons, or cartilage.
- Morton's neuroma.
- Presence of foreign bodies.
- Soft tissue masses.
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome.
- Tendonitis or tears in a tendon.