If you have a muscle injury, a tendinopathy (tendinitis) or a running injury and can't come to one of the clinics where I work in Italy, you can have a telehealth consultation by video call, in English. You receive a rehabilitation plan built around your problem and your needs, to follow with the physiotherapist you prefer, including through telerehabilitation.
In another part of Italy or abroad: you don't need to travel to get an assessment and a recovery plan.
The consultation takes place at a fixed time: you connect from your desk, without leaving work.
Because of work or family commitments, or because the trip to Modena, Maranello, Casalecchio di Reno or Carpi is too long.
An English-speaking sports medicine doctor: the consultation, the explanation of the problem and the plan are all in English.
Pulled hamstring, calf strain ("tennis leg"), groin (adductor) strain, quadriceps strain, muscle tear. We go through how the injury happened, I assess strength and movement, and I set out the recovery plan up to your return to sport. For a recent injury, an ultrasound scan, ideally 48 hours after the injury, shows where the tear is and how large it is: if you can, have it done near home and send me the report.
Achilles tendinopathy, jumper's knee (patellar tendinopathy), tennis elbow and golfer's elbow, rotator cuff tendinopathy, gluteal tendinopathy (often called hip bursitis), high hamstring tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis. Treatment is based on progressive loading exercise, which can be set up and adjusted remotely.
Runner's knee (patellofemoral pain), IT band syndrome, shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome), Achilles and calf pain, heel pain. We look at your training load, running technique and footwear together, and plan a gradual return to running. If a stress fracture is suspected, you need imaging and an in-person assessment.
Ultrasound scans and ultrasound-guided injections require seeing you in person. If the assessment shows you need them, I'll tell you clearly and explain how to proceed: a visit with ultrasound at one of the clinics where I work, or a scan near home.
In these cases, get seen in person as soon as possible.
For many musculoskeletal problems, rehabilitation supervised remotely in real time has given results comparable to in-person rehabilitation for pain and function1. A 2026 review on tendinopathy confirms this: results comparable to in-person rehabilitation and better than unsupervised home exercise, although the studies are still of limited quality2.
Pain, range of motion, strength and function can also be assessed reliably by video call; some specific clinical tests require an in-person visit34. That's why, when needed, I'll recommend a visit with ultrasound.
I reply to requests within 24 hours on working days. The appointment time is agreed in your time zone.
Describe the problem in a few lines. I'll reply by email within 24 hours on working days to schedule the appointment.
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For many musculoskeletal problems, rehabilitation supervised remotely in real time has given results comparable to in-person rehabilitation for pain and function. The most recent studies on tendinopathy point the same way.
In most cases, yes. Treatment of tendinopathy, often called tendinitis or tendonitis, is based on progressive loading exercise, which can be set up and monitored remotely. If the pain isn't clear or doesn't improve, I'll recommend a visit with ultrasound.
Yes. For a recent muscle strain or tear, an ultrasound scan, ideally 48 hours after the injury, shows where the injury is and how large it is: if you can, have it done near home and send me the report. With the online consultation I then set out the recovery plan and the return to sport.
Yes. By video call I assess pain, movement and strength, review your training load and set up a plan for a gradual return to running. If a stress fracture is suspected, you need imaging and an in-person visit.
No. The online consultation is a private service and doesn't require a referral.
Telehealth, or telemedicine, means medical care delivered remotely with digital tools such as video calls: here, the medical assessment. Telerehabilitation is rehabilitation supervised remotely by a physiotherapist, who guides and corrects the exercises in your rehabilitation plan and adjusts the progression.
English, Italian or Portuguese. Choose your preferred language in the request form.
130 euros, including the medical assessment by video call and the tailored rehabilitation plan. Remote supervision by the physiotherapist, if you choose it, is agreed separately.
I reply to requests within 24 hours on working days, so we can agree the time of the video call.
Yes. The consultation takes place at a fixed time and you connect from your desk with a computer or phone, without leaving work. For some movement tests it helps to have a little free space around you.
Yes. The consultation takes place by video call, so you can connect from wherever you are, and we agree the time in your time zone. You can follow the rehabilitation plan with a physiotherapist near you or with remote supervision by the physiotherapist I work with.
Muscle injuries, tendinopathies and running injuries, when you can't come to one of the clinics where I work. If you have acute pain with significant swelling, can't put weight on the limb or suspect a complete rupture, get seen in person.
No: ultrasound scans and ultrasound-guided injections are done only in person. If the assessment shows you need them, I'll explain how to proceed, with a visit at one of the clinics where I work or a scan near home.
You choose: you can follow the plan with a physiotherapist near home, in person, or through telerehabilitation, supervised remotely by a physiotherapist I work with, who comes from elite sport.
Yes: in Italy, in Modena, Maranello, Casalecchio di Reno and Carpi, and also in Lisbon. The in-person visit combines clinical assessment and ultrasound in the same session.
Live near Modena, Maranello, Casalecchio di Reno or Carpi? The in-person visit combines clinical assessment and ultrasound in the same session: see the clinics where I work (page in Italian) → For appointments in Lisbon, email lucio.dantonio.md@gmail.com.