Asian Pain Academy

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is one of the most common causes of disability worldwide and remains a major challenge for clinicians. While conventional imaging often focuses on discs, facet joints, and neural compression, growing evidence suggests that dysfunction of the lumbar multifidus muscle (LMM) plays a critical role in persistent spinal pain and instability. Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSK-US) has emerged as a valuable imaging modality for evaluating multifidus morpholo

Buttock pain is a common yet diagnostically challenging complaint encountered in pain clinics, spine practices, and rehabilitation settings. While sacroiliac joint dysfunction, lumbar radiculopathy, piriformis syndrome, and facetogenic pain are frequently considered, cluneal nerve entrapment remains an under-recognized cause of chronic buttock and low back pain. Failure to identify cluneal neuralgia can lead to prolonged suffering, unnecessary imaging, failed spine interventi

By Dr. Debjyoti Dutta | Asian Pain Academy Why Anterior Talofibular Ligament (ATFL) Ultrasound is Essential The anterior talofibular...