Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

Is an increasingly integral tool in sports medicine, providing both diagnostic and interventional capabilities for the evaluation and management of athletic injuries.

For diagnostic purposes, ultrasound offers real-time, high-resolution imaging of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, nerves, and other soft tissues, enabling dynamic assessment and facilitating the identification of structural abnormalities, acute injuries, and chronic overuse conditions with the advantages of portability, safety, and cost-effectiveness compared to other imaging modalities.

Interventional sports ultrasound, as endorsed by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, is used to guide procedures such as aspirations, diagnostic and therapeutic injections, tenotomies, releases, and hydrodissections, with strong evidence supporting its superior accuracy and moderate evidence for improved efficacy and cost-effectiveness over landmark-guided techniques.

The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine emphasizes that ultrasound guidance is now considered standard for many musculoskeletal interventions and is essential for the safe and precise execution of advanced procedures in sports medicine.