Masterclass Elastography July 4.-5. 2026 English
Masterclass Ultrasound Elastography at the Technical University of Munich – Olympic Campus
From Non-Specific to Specific: Making the Causes of Pain Visible
Myofascial trigger points are among the most common causes of so-called non-specific musculoskeletal pain.
Nevertheless, diagnostic workups often end with MRI when no structural cause can be identified.
The diagnosis then becomes: “non-specific.”
For many patients, this has serious consequences: years of doctor hopping, repeated attempts at treatment, and the statement that their symptoms are “treatment-resistant.”
But the problem often does not lie with the patient – it lies in the diagnostics.
MRI shows structural changes. Myofascial trigger points, however, are functional changes in tissue stiffness.
This is exactly where ultrasound elastography comes in. It makes myofascial trigger points visible as markedly hardened regions – often far away from the actual site of pain.
In this way, seemingly non-specific pain becomes a specifically identifiable cause of pain – and “treatment-resistant” becomes a condition that can be treated in a targeted way.
The crucial question is therefore not:
Why does MRI show nothing?
But rather:
Why, after an unremarkable MRI, is ultrasound elastography not consistently used to search for one of the most common specific causes of pain – myofascial trigger points?
If you no longer want to rely solely on MRI findings, but would like to expand your diagnostic and therapeutic horizon, join the:
Masterclass Ultrasound Elastography
July 4-5, 2026
Technical University of Munich – Olympic Campus
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