Ultrasound-Guided Physiotherapy makes use of an important tool—the ultrasound scanner—to provide a personalized and highly effective treatment pathway.
The images precisely describe the condition of the affected tissues and allow the therapist to both assess the starting point of the therapy and monitor its progress throughout the treatment process. While the medical specialist uses ultrasound for diagnostic purposes, in physiotherapy this technology is used to monitor the exact areas of intervention, choose the most suitable treatments, track progress over time, and measure the benefits.
It is a non-invasive and highly effective method that requires specialist training for therapists through dedicated courses. It is used in many cases such as tendinopathies and epicondylitis, muscle injuries, plantar fasciitis, joint sprains, and bursitis.
The patient, in addition to benefiting from a highly effective and innovative technique, can also be informed about every phase of the treatment thanks to the real-time images provided by the device.
The most important advantages of Ultrasound-Guided Physiotherapy are:
- Integrated and optimized evaluation – it allows for a personalized preliminary study based on the patient's specific anatomy, helps understand the structure of the affected tissues, and determines the starting point of the therapy;
- Monitoring progress – it enables the therapist to assess in real time how and to what extent the treated tissue responds to therapies, providing essential feedback to calibrate the type, intensity, and frequency of sessions;
- Real-time treatment monitoring – it has the advantage of showing the behavior of the treated area during the session, for example during muscle fiber activation in an exercise or the stability of a joint in motion;
- Guidance for invasive physiotherapy techniques – if necessary, the ultrasound device becomes the guide for treatment using innovative invasive techniques such as EPTE (Percutaneous Therapeutic Electrolysis), EPI (Intratissue Percutaneous Electrolysis), or NMP (Percutaneous Neuromodulation), which are extremely effective, targeted, and precise therapies.
At the Kinetic Center in Lugano, we have staff specialized in Ultrasound-Guided Physiotherapy. Contact our center by phone or by filling out the form on our website. By booking an appointment, you will receive a free and personalized consultation.
