Benefits of the Ultrasound Scanner in the diagnosis of muscle tears in Lower leg and foot

A pulled calf muscle occurs when you overstretch the muscles in the back of your lower leg. Also called calf muscle strains, this injury can involve mild overstretching or complete tearing of the muscle.

Anyone can get a pulled calf muscle. But these strains are more common in athletes who perform lots of stop-and-go movements with quick bursts of speed. Sprinters, football players, soccer players and tennis players are prone to pulled calf muscles.

Other risk factors for pulled calf muscles include:

  • Age: People over 40 may be more likely to get strains during physical activity.
  • Sex: Some studies suggest that men are more likely to get calf muscle injuries.
  • Lack of conditioning: It’s important to warm up and stretch before physical activity and condition your muscles before the start of a sports season.
  • Muscle quality: People with tight or short calf muscles have a higher risk of calf strains.
  • A pulled calf muscle can cause:
  • Difficulty tensing your calf muscles or standing on toes.
  • Muscle pain when flexing your ankle or pointing your toes.
  • Problems bending your knee.
  • Snapping or popping sensation in your calf.
  • Sudden pain in the back of your lower leg.
  • Swelling in your calf muscle.
  • Bruising on your calf muscle.

Most people with a pulled calf muscle report not being able to continue with their activity immediately following the injury. In these cases, their injuries are considered serious and it may require surgery.

To be completely sure about surgery probability, doctors often rely on ultrasound diagnosis in order to ensure a correct assessment of the severity of the injury and to exclude important complications.

Being a highly complicated procedure, ultrasound examination requires the use of accurate and practical scan devices like the Linear Wireless Ultrasound Scanner SIFULTRAS-5.34 – Color Doppler.

The Linear ultrasound probe is a special Linear Handheld Ultrasound Scanner that allows the physician to see and evaluate muscle injuries through arms, legs etc.

Using SIFULTRAS-5.34 may fasten and improve the physical examination. This product can accurately reveal localized pain, muscle stiffness, swelling and loss of muscle function.

By providing clear and accurate scan results of the muscle tears in Lower leg and foot, it can help doctors make fast and appropriate decisions regarding when to return athletic patients for example to their daily activities.

Further, the SIFULTRAS-5.34 is characterized by its small size. It is pocket-size, handheld and wireless. It is also a mobile scanner packed with high-end technology. Being an advanced device, it functions on application, storage, communication, and printing. It can also interface with your Tablet or smartphone and it is IOS and Android compatible.

Muscle tears in Lower leg and foot are common and often unavoidable, especially among athletes. Linear Wireless Ultrasound Scanner SIFULTRAS-5.34 – Color Doppler can be the best device used by doctors for clearer scan results and so more accurate surgery and faster recovery. 

Reference:  calf muscle strain

Disclaimer: Although the information we provide is used by different doctors and medical staff to perform their procedures and clinical applications, the information contained in this article is for consideration only. SIFSOF is not responsible neither for the misuse of the device nor for the wrong or random generalizability of the device in all clinical applications or procedures mentioned in our articles. Users must have the proper training and skills to perform the procedure with each ultrasound scanner device.

The products mentioned in this article are only for sale to medical staff (doctors, nurses, certified practitioners, etc.) or to private users assisted by or under the supervision of a medical professional.

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