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Apr 2018
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Lateral Ankle Sprain

Kyle Rice
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Jason has a recent onset of a lateral ankle sprain. He is being treated in the outpatient physical therapy clinic with therapeutic ultrasound.

The physical therapist is challenged with determining the cause of the patient's pain underneath the sound head. 

Do you know what ultrasound parameters can lead to pain underneath the ultrasound head? We will uncover the answer in this excellent episode about treating an acute lateral ankle sprain. 

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