Description
Clinical Integration of Ultrasound in Women’s Health Physiotherapy Workshop
📅 Saturday 20 March, 2027
🕘 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
📍29/6–8 Herbert Street, St Leonards NSW
Who is it for:
Course Outcomes:
- Understand the principles of diagnostic ultrasound.
- Operate and ultrasound system and optimise image quality.
- Identify normal sonographic anatomy of the foot and ankle.
- Recognise common MSK pathologies relevant to podiatry.
- Perform a systematic foot and ankle ultrasound examination.
- Understand the role and limitation of ultrasound in podiatric practice.
- Integrating ultrasound into everyday clinical decision making.
Course Agenda:
- Introduction to ultrasound in podiatry and where it can add value clinically
- Basic ultrasound principles
- Probe selection, handling, orientation and image optimisation
- Long-axis and short-axis scanning
- Common artefacts and mistakes
- A structured approach to scanning the foot
- Normal ultrasound anatomy
- Common podiatry presentations, including:
– Plantar fasciitis
– Achilles tendinitis
– Posterior tibial and peroneal tendons
– Morton’s neuroma and intermetatarsal bursitis
– Sesamoiditis
– Metatarsal stress reactions/fractures - How ultrasound findings can complement the clinical assessment and influence management
- When further imaging or referral may still be required
- Case examples and image interpretation
- Hands-on scanning practice in small groups
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