Canon Medical | Ankle & foot - musculoskeletal and nerve scanning: Insights and techniques from a seasoned professional
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219 | Canon Medical
MSK
| Saturday, June 14, 2025 |
| 2:35 PM - 3:15 PM |
| 219 | Canon Medical |
Overview
Mr Stephen Bird
Speaker
Mr Stephen Bird
Bird Ultrasound
Canon Medical | Ankle & foot - musculoskeletal and nerve scanning: Insights and techniques from a seasoned professional **
2:35 PM - 3:15 PMAbstract
Ankle & Foot - Musculoskeletal and Nerve scanning: Insights and Techniques from a Seasoned Professional.
This live scanning demonstration will take a comprehensive look at foot and ankle ultrasound. There are several clinical presentations that commonly come through my ultrasound room, and we will look at these in turn. They include the following:
Assessment of the traumatic ankle injury
Assessment of chronic lateral ankle pain
Assessment of chronic medial ankle pain and the acquired flat foot
Assessment of neural symptoms of the ankle and foot including muscle wasting patterns and dermatomes
Assessment of metatarsalgia.
This live scanning demonstration will take a comprehensive look at foot and ankle ultrasound. There are several clinical presentations that commonly come through my ultrasound room, and we will look at these in turn. They include the following:
Assessment of the traumatic ankle injury
Assessment of chronic lateral ankle pain
Assessment of chronic medial ankle pain and the acquired flat foot
Assessment of neural symptoms of the ankle and foot including muscle wasting patterns and dermatomes
Assessment of metatarsalgia.
Biography
Mr Stephen Bird |
Bird Ultrasound
Stephen Bird is a general sonographer living in Adelaide with over 30 years of clinical experience. He holds a General and a Vascular DMU and a Masters of Medical Sonography from the University of South Australia. He is an honorary fellow of ASUM and a life member of the ASA. He is a passionate educator, presenting regularly at national and international conferences as well as conducting weekend workshops for diagnostic medical ultrasound professionals.
His educational resources are also available for all to enjoy at birdultrasound.com.au
