Clinical pathways that show how decisions are actually made
The pathway pages translate evidence and imaging into practical assessment flow. Rather than listing every possible diagnosis, they focus on the questions that narrow the field quickly: irritability, load relationship, stiffness pattern, night pain, trauma history, tendon versus joint versus bursal behaviour, and whether ultrasound is likely to change management.
These pathways are especially useful for clinicians who want a consistent reasoning framework across shoulder, knee, hip and tendon problems. They also help referrers see how diagnostic ultrasound and guided injections fit into a wider conservative-first pathway rather than sitting outside it.