MRI-guided focused ultrasound therapy uses MRI to aid in vision and treatment planning and uses ultrasound for providing treatment. Ultrasound beam targets the body's specific areas, raises the temperature, and burns the affected tissue sparing the surrounding tissue. Essential tremor, tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, epileptic seizures, brain tumors, and neuropathic pain are the conditions that this therapy can treat.
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I have tightness and irritation in my lower legs. Why?
Query: Hello doctor, I have chronic pain at the semimembranosus insertion points in both legs. I have had this for nearly 18 months. I am a runner who over-pronates. More recently I have had tightness and hyper irritation in my lower legs - shins, and calves. I have had a lumbar MRI for a bulging disc whic... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have understood your concern about the pain in the lower leg, semimembranosus. See, semimembranosus is the muscle of lateral hamstring. If you feel pain exactly at the tendon of it, our treatment will be different, like ultrasound therapy. As you mentioned you are... Read Full »