Musculoskeletal Ultrasound

BCH now offers Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSK), which is a safe, painless and noninvasive imaging procedure used by radiologists to view real-time images of muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves and cartilage throughout the body. This procedure is currently available at Foothills Hospital's Imaging Department.

Advantages of MSK include:

• Can be used when MRI is contraindicated.
• Allows for dynamic evaluation in real-time of motion-induced symptoms.
• Facilitates bilateral comparison to determine if asymmetry or an abnormality is present.
• More cost effective than other diagnostic imaging procedures.
• Prior authorization is rarely needed.

Common Uses for MSK Ultrasound

Shoulder

• Rotator cuff tears
• Biceps tenosynovitis

Elbow

• Extensor and flexor tendinopathy/tears
• Biceps/triceps tendon pathology

Hand/Wrist

• Ganglion evaluation
• Tendon injury
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome screening
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Screening

Soft Tissue

• Palpable lesions
• Foreign bodies

Knee/Calf

• Quad muscle/tendon pathology
• MCL/LCL injury
• Bursitis
• Gastrocnemius tears
• Baker’s cyst evaluation

Foot/Ankle

• Morton’s neuroma
• Achilles tendinopathy
• Medial/lateral tendon tears
• Plantar fasciitis
• Plantar fibroma

Procedures

• Steroid injections
• PRP injections
• Fluid aspirations

Please call BCH's Ultrasound Department with any questions or to schedule at 303-415-7525.