Ultrasound Guided Musculoskeletal Procedures in Sports Medicine

Dr. Dinesh Sirisena is a Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) Consultant based at the Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) Sports Medicine Centre. After graduating from Bart’s and the London Medical School, he completed his SEM training in London before moving to Singapore. While he sees and treats a wide range of sport-related and general MSK conditions, his areas of interest include the hip, the spine and shoulder injuries. In addition to providing rehabilitation and focussed shockwave therapies, Dr Sirisena is also an interventional musculoskeletal sonographer, providing diagnostic ultrasound scanning together with specialised procedures such as ultrasound guided PRP/Prolotherapy/high volume/spinal/peripheral nerve injections and tendon stripping. Follow him on Twitter (@sports_med_doc) or Instagram (@sport_med_doc) and remember to check out www.sportsmedinfo.sg a free resource for clinicians and patients alike.

1. Introduction 2. Safety and consent 3. Injections 4. Indications and contraindications for injections 5. Equipment 6. Post-injection protocols 7. Abbreviations8. Upper limb9. Spine 10. Lower limb