The MSK ultrasound journey - Mr Stew Kerr, Advanced Practice Physiotherapist

Alastair describes his initial interest in MSK ultrasound imaging as a Podiatrist, his training route and the impact this has had on his clinical practice and career. Foot and ankle ultrasound is a rapidly developing area for MSK ultrasound with Podiatrists now embracing how this can impact practice.

So grateful to Stew for joining us and sharing his journey with musculoskeletal ultrasound - training, challenges of communication with patients and reporting, advice for aspiring sonographers and the role of MSK ultrasound on impacting clinical practice. A hugely experienced individual who has been using MSK sonography in his practice for many years- a must listen!

We covered some much breadth and depth around the hip this week - discussing techniques, hip pathology, guided injections, limitations of hip ultrasound, role of imaging modalities, tendon related pain, MSK pathways and GIRFT and ultrasounds impact on rehabilitation! Don't miss it!

The podcast team is joined by Gethin Lynch, Consultant Physiotherapist - discussing clinical impact, MSK pathways, training and career development. It is a cracker!

Brilliant session discussing Paul's journey into MSK ultrasound and a deep dive into some of the more classic hand injuries such as pulley, tendon and volar plate injuries and related ultrasound findings. Go check Paul out on Instagram as 'theclimbingphysio'.

MSK ultrasound in Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) - Dr Kush Joshi, Consultant in Sports and Exercise Medicine. Exploring training, the impact MSK ultrasound and point of care use can have on sports and exercise medicine roles in the NHS, private practice and professional sport. Well worth a listen!

Musculoskeletal ultrasound use in an Orthopaedic setting with discussions on point of care use, training and surgical correlation with Ali Abbasian - Consultant orthopaedic foot and ankle surgeon. Wonderful insights and clinically focussed discussion on the role ultrasound imaging can play for Orthopaedic colleagues. Fascinating discussion on surgical correlation of Achilles ruptures, mortons neuroma and plantar plates! Not to be missed!

Musculoskeletal ultrasound training - Reflecting back on the journey with Matt Kent, Physiotherapist and MSK Sonographer. A fantastic listen as the team chat to Matt about his journey and the reason he wanted to learn, impact on practice, challenges along the way and the difference it has made to his career. This is a cracking listen! A must for anyone thinking about developing MSK ultrasound skills.

What is relevant?! The challenges of normal pathological change on MSK ultrasound. A hot topic in musculoskeletal care - how do we handle normal structural change and pathology..a discussion on literature, evidence base limitations, risks of ultrasound, benefits of ultrasound and much more!

Great discussion by the boys on the journey of moving from landmark guided injections to ultrasound guided injections..what skills are required and why are ultrasound skills specifically so important! View our courses and training opportunities here https://theultrasoundsite.co.uk