Patient Positioning
Patient lies prone, foot hanging out of the examination table.
Probe Positioning
Place the transducer on a sagittal plane over the achilles tendon, which is easily palpated.


note: patient with mechanically induced bursitis.
note: patient suffering from spondyloarthritis with retrocalcaneal bursitis with effusion, positive doppler signal and inflammatory tendinopathy of the achilles tendon.