19 May The Benefits of Diagnostic Ultrasound
If you are struggling under the weight of chronic pain and unable to find the cause, diagnostic ultrasound may be just what you are looking for. Nothing is more frustrating than having real symptoms, but not knowing what the real solutions are. Mile High Spine & Pain Center offers numerous ways to hunt down the condition or disease that is behind the symptoms that bother you every day. One affordable and helpful option is the diagnostic ultrasound. This technique may reveal damage or inflammation that can not be captured on x-ray or discovered with a physical examination.
The Advantages of Diagnostic Ultrasound
Recent advances in ultrasound technology now allows for image optimization that provides precise, distinct perspectives of the anatomy of muscle, tendons, ligaments, nerves and articular cartilage. Inflammation and damage to cartilage and soft tissues can be seen with diagnostic ultrasound. Being able to pinpoint the location or cause of your symptoms with such a precise tool means that you will be getting the treatment that you need when you need it and where you need it. Using this imaging technology to spot spinal vertebrae that have slipped is very advantageous since sometimes the spine can appear to be in alignment through standard evaluations, when, in fact, it is not. Mile High Spine & Pain Center combines this diagnostic ultrasound testing with other evaluation tools to get a better view of your spinal and nerve health as a whole.
Why Patients Choose Diagnostic Ultrasound
Diagnostic ultrasound is an invaluable resource for safe, quick, dynamic, accurate, and affordable assessments of sports injuries, repetitive use injuries, and traumatic injuries to the musculoskeletal system. When it comes to your body, you want to choose the least invasive treatment options available first. This allows you to limit the amount of energy that you use for recovery and limit the amount of negative impacts that can be placed on you during treatment. Mile High Spine & Pain Center stand behind diagnostic ultrasound because of the following benefits:
- No recovery time – the ultrasound is non-invasive and leaves no permanent marks.
- No radiation – safe for pregnant women or pediatric-aged patients
- No magnets – it is safe for patients with pacemakers and other devices.
- It is painless and requires no major preparations like fasting or anesthesia.
Diagnostic ultrasound also allows your provider to visually see how a soft tissue or joint responds to stress (in real-time) or to see how it holds up under a load. This data can help your chiropractic physician prescribe correct treatment for a current injury or to prevent one from happening by identifying weaker areas that you have. If you want to know what’s happening inside a painful limb or a numb extremity, an ultrasound can be the best option. More effective treatment planning yields greater success and a quicker recovery period for you.
What Areas Can Ultrasound Evaluate?
Diagnostic ultrasound allows our technicians to pinpoint issues in nearly any part of the body, however, there are areas that don’t provide the information we need. Areas where this technology is particularly effective include:
- Spinal column – the entire back can be scanned with a few appointments.
- Elbows – injuries due to repetition, loose or torn tendons, swelling or scars in the muscle tissue.
- Hips – tendon damage, cysts on the nerve bundles, entrapped nerves, and arthritis inflammation.
- Knees – runner’s injuries, loose ligaments due to use, injuries to the bones.
- Ankles and feet – detecting sprains and strains, spotting arthritis, swollen tissue, scar tissue on ligaments and tendons.
Diagnostic Ultrasound Helps Us Monitor Your Progress
Diagnostic ultrasound is great at locating where you troublespots are, but it is also an essential tool for making sure we have resolved those troublespots at the end of your treatment plan. After we finish a complete treatment plan on our Westminster and Broomfield patients, we use imaging techniques to show the changes in your spine. Our patients can feel the positive differences after treatment has finished, but it is always good to check with tools like the diagnostic ultrasound so we can confirm that damage has been resolved and healed appropriately. A reduction in your pain is often accompanied by an obvious change on the screen.
Free Consultation
If you are suffering from pain or inflammation, the team at Mile High Spine & Pain Center is ready to help. Mile High Spine & Pain Center provides specialized treatment plans for patients in Westminster and Broomfield and can help you understand where your symptoms are coming from and what it will take to improve. Call (720) 507-0080 today to schedule your free consultation!