What is a private Muscles & Joints scan?
A private Muscles & Joints scan is a specific type of diagnostic imaging used to examine the soft tissues in your body, such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints. Elite Community Ultrasound offers various kind of MSK scans such as Shoulder scan, Elbow scan, Wrist scan, Hand scan, Hip scan, Knee scan, Ankle scan, Foot scan, Hernia scan, Lumps & Bumps scan and Groin scan.
Why should I need to have private health ultrasound scan?
Ultrasounds have been proved the best diagnostic non-invasive diagnostic technique that utilizes sound waves to generate visual representations of soft tissues in the human body. It is a safer and more economical alternative to certain types of imaging tests which don’t involve radiation exposure.
You can have appointment quickly even same day which can result in early diagnosis and treatment of your illness unlike several weeks waiting time in hospitals and other public sector institution which can impact the severity of disease significantly regardless.
Most accurate diagnosis which can help your GP, physiotherapist, or other healthcare professionals to make and proceed your treatment in the right direction so that it could be prevented to get more worse as prevention is better than cure.
Finally, you can have comfortable and hassle-free environment in our private ultrasound clinics. Please read our client’s 5* Reviews and book your appointment confidently.
Frequently Asked Questions
Simple answer is no! However, self-referral can’t replace an appropriate medical advice from your healthcare professional, and we always recommend getting in touch with your relevant healthcare professional such as GP, nurse etc for any medical consultation.
If you feel any symptom in any part of the body and wish to have scan, please have a look at the name of the scan most relevant to your body
part. Simply visit that page for detailed information including all symptoms/FAQs this scan is suitable for. If you are still not sure, kindly get
in touch with us either via live chat or call us. Alternatively, get in touch with your GP surgery before you book any scan.
No preparation is required.
There is no specific requirement of clothing for undergoing this scan.
No, there is no known risk of having this examination. However, certain factors or conditions may interfere with the results of the test. These
include high BMI.
Yes, you can bring up to two companions. However, the number might vary for 4D/5D baby scans.
The ultrasound itself doesn’t cause any pain and you won’t feel anything other than the sensor being applied to your skin. Ultrasounds are often used to try and identify the cause of a patient’s health problems they have been experiencing. In these cases, some pressure is applied to the surface of the patient’s skin over an affected body part.
You will be asked either to sit down on the scan stool or lay down on the scan couch (bed) comfortably and safely subject to the type of scan and will be advised accordingly before the ultrasound examination. Our well qualified experienced Consultant Radiologist/sonographer will put water-based gel on your wrist. Thereafter, they examine the wrist and surrounding soft tissue areas by placing the probe (camera) over them.
The duration of a single scan is usually 10 – 15 minutes and sometimes can take up to 20 minutes depends on the visibility inside the body part and complexity of scan.
You will be given a provisional verbal report of your result. After that, you can go home or go back to work as needed. Later on, the radiologist/sonographer will review the images and draw up a report of the results. The encrypted final digital report along with relevant images will be sent to your registered email address safely. However, we also can send the same to your registered GP or other healthcare professional if you
want.
If any abnormality or pathology is revealed during the scan, our performing radiologist or sonographer would advise you whether you require any
follow up, further imaging, referring to your GP or concern healthcare professional for further assessment and management.
You will get your scan result withing 24h-48hr.
The ultrasound scan can identify those masses/lumps in any included body part which can be suspected as a cancer mass/lump. However, in
this situation we shall have to refer you for further imaging/investigation such as CT scan or MRI scan. This procedure can also involve certain
type of blood tests as well as biopsy to confirm the cancerous nature of the mass/lump.
If I can’t find my answer in FAQs?
Please don’t worry and simply contact us we shall be more than happy to answer your query.
