https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiYTvLJmISE Before you start scanning, clarify your goals. Identify the target anatomy for your planned injection—whether you’re aiming for the […]
In this quick tip, Dr. Eric Phillips of RPI explains why pairing regenerative injections (pro therapy, PRP, stem cell injections) with dedicated physical therapy post-procedure leads to better outcomes.
The lumbar functional unit is a dynamic system. Each vertebral level interacts with the one above and below through a complex interplay of vertebral bodies, discs, lamina, facet joints, and the posterior ligaments. In this context, the concept of biodynamics and biotin—the posterior elements acting as stabilizers—becomes a useful framework for understanding where pain and instability originate and how we can address them with injections.
Learn how to set realistic expectations for regenerative injections (PRP, stem cells) with practical pre- and post-procedure guidance. Four to seven days of recovery, pain management tips, and coordinated rehab.
Quick, practical tip you can use on your very next injection day: the humble skin-marking pen. When I’m planning prolotherapy or PRP, I always start with palpation. I mark bony landmarks and key reference points directly on the skin, then confirm and refine with ultrasound. That simple step does two things: it sharpens my targeting on screen and it improves the patient’s experience—because they can see the plan before we ever pick up a needle.
Depth is one of the first—and most important—settings to optimize when performing ultrasound-guided injections. Set it too shallow and you’ll lose critical lateral information; too deep and you sacrifice resolution. Here’s a simple, repeatable approach using the medial ankle (posterior tibial nerve at the medial malleolus) to get your depth right before you ever pick up a needle.
When you’re scanning the medial ankle for tibial nerve pathology—or planning a guided injection—small imaging tweaks make all the difference. Here’s a fast, practical roadmap to optimize contact, identify vessels, and reliably bring the tibial nerve into view between the medial malleolus and Achilles tendon.
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Patients often report focal tenderness over the medial tibial plateau/infrapatellar area, where both IPS (superficial, cutaneous) and IMGN (deep, capsular) converge clinically. Palpation alone can be inconclusive; you may elicit tenderness over the pes anserine region, MCL, or along the saphenous track to the medial malleolus without confidently assigning the driver.
