News & Insights
Expert medical commentary from Dr Prashant Sankaye, Consultant MSK Radiologist (MBBS, MS, FCPS, MRCS, CCBST, FRCR, PGCE(Med), FHEA, PGDip Sports and Exercise Medicine), and the specialist team at LSRI Harley Street.
LSRI News & Insights
Hot, Swollen, Painful Joint? Why Septic Arthritis Is an Emergency
A single hot, swollen, painful joint needs same-day hospital assessment. Why septic arthritis is an emergency, and what to do.
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Cauda Equina Syndrome: Warning Signs and Why Hours Matter
Numbness around the genitals or bottom, or new bladder or bowel problems with back pain, needs A&E today. Here is why, and…
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Back Pain With a Fever: Spinal Infection and Why It Is Often Diagnosed Late
Most back pain is not serious, but back pain with a fever can be a sign of a rare spinal infection. Learn…
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Eight Months of Heel Pain: A Calcaneal Fracture Found on MRI, and Why We Diagnose First
Eight months of heel pain treated with physiotherapy, then an MRI found a fracture of the heel bone. How calcaneal fractures get…
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Shoulder Pain Not Getting Better With Physio? When You Need an MRI
Months of physiotherapy for shoulder pain, then an MRI showed the problem was inside the bone. Why some shoulder problems need an…
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Sacral Insufficiency Fracture: A Hidden Cause of Back and Buttock Pain, and What It Says About Your Bones
Three months of back and buttock pain turned out to be a sacral insufficiency fracture. Why it is missed, and what it…
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Missed Periods in Athletes Are a Warning Sign: The Female Athlete Triad, REDs and Bone Health
Missed periods are not a normal part of hard training. The female athlete triad and REDs explained, with the warning signs athletes,…
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Gelatinous Bone Marrow Transformation in Anorexia Nervosa: What MRI Shows and Why It Matters
Severe undernutrition can change the bone marrow itself. What gelatinous marrow transformation (serous atrophy) is, how MRI shows it, why it matters,…
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Hip Pain That Won’t Settle: Stress Fractures of the Hip and Why MRI Matters
More than a month of hip pain treated with physiotherapy turned out to be a femoral neck stress fracture. The warning signs,…
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Four Years of Shoulder Pain: Osteoarthritis and Avascular Necrosis of the Shoulder
Four years of shoulder pain treated with physiotherapy and steroid injections turned out to be osteoarthritis and avascular necrosis of the humeral…
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