Author: Garreth

NICE guideline: Low Back pain and sciatica

NICE has published the final guidelines on Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management. Supporting evidence, tools and resources as well as all the stakeholder comments are available. NICE said the comments were invaluable in refining the guidelines. NICE produced an equality impact assessment too.

NICE included the recommendations of this guidelines in the NICE Pathway on Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management. There is an interactive flowchart which brings everything together from the guideline.…

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Webinar bookings sky rocket

Women and Axial Spondyloarthritis: diagnosis and management

Friday 9 October 2020, 12.30 – 1.30pm

Registrations for our next webinar have sky rocketed with hundreds of bookings from healthcare practitioners including many from primary care. If you haven’t booked yet, there’s still time to register. The webinar is free and informative.

Men with Axial SpA are more likely than women to experience changes to the bones and fusion, and thus they can be picked up using x-ray. Women are more likely than men to experience inflammation rather than fusion, which is visible on MRI but not on x-ray.

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Bone and Joint Week 2020 Resources

This Bone and Joint Week, 12-20 October 2020, good musculoskeletal health is now more important than ever. Whether you have a musculoskeletal condition, or you’re a commissioner, GP, health professional or employer, find resources on this page for help with musculoskeletal health.

People with bone, joint and muscle conditions (musculoskeletal conditions)

Arthritis Action: https://www.arthritisaction.org.uk

CCAA Kids with Arthritis: https://www.ccaa.org.uk/

Ehlers Danlos Support UK: www.ehlers-danlos.org…

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ARMA conference: networking, great speakers and ‘provocations’

Lead Sponsor

Working Together to change the face of MSK

30 November 2020
Venue: online

This one-day conference is a special multi-disciplinary virtual event with speakers you’ll enjoy listening to on working across boundaries, BAME communities, partnership with patients and pain care.

A conference with a difference – we also have ‘provocation’ talks – designed to get a reaction and perhaps thinking outside the box. NHS leaders are attending the event and there will be a virtual networking space and an exhibition too.…

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‘Unlocking Exercise’ webinar and live Q&A

Arthritis Action will hold their latest webinar “Unlocking Exercise Webinar: Barriers and Benefits – Eating Well, Thinking Positively, and Getting Stronger” on Wednesday 30th September, 11:00am – 12:00pm.

The webinar will explore a holistic approach to restarting exercise and preventing the loss of strength and function, for people living with arthritis. The charity’s expert panel will cover the barriers and benefits to exercise, including; immunity, independence, community engagement and mental wellbeing.

There will also be a live Q&A on the topic at the end of the webinar.…

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Virtual Event: Workforce Challenges in MSK Services

The Institute of Osteopathy is hosting a virtual event that will discuss the findings of an independent panel report on the role of osteopaths as Allied Health Professionals with the NHS and delivery of MSK services.

ADDRESSING THE WORKFORCE CHALLENGE IN MSK SERVICES TO IMPROVE PATIENT CARE

THE ROLE OF OSTEOPATHS AS AHPs IN DELIVERING MSK SERVICES

Thursday 22 October 2020, 16:00 – 17:30

Suzane Rastrick, Chief Allied Health Professions Officer NHS England will be speaking at the event, together with Professor Adrian Newland CBE, co-author of the report.…

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BOA Patient statement regarding COVID-19 and elective care

The British Orthopaedic Association has published their latest patient statement for those people currently awaiting elective surgery, many of whom are experiencing uncertainties and difficulties. Growing waiting lists are affecting all planned surgery, but particularly orthopaedics (bone and joint treatment) which has the largest overall waiting list of any individual specialty.

The BOA has created this statement to provide some information and guidance to support patients during this time. If you could please pass this on to help reach those affected it would be most appreciated.…

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Bone and Joint Week – 12-20 October 2020

Good musculoskeletal health – now more than ever

What is Bone and Joint Week?

Every October, Bone and Joint Week helps get people thinking about one of the most widespread and pressing health issues of our times – musculoskeletal health and, in these unprecedented times, good musculoskeletal health is so important, now more than ever.  

The coronavirus covid-19 pandemic changed the roadmap for achieving good musculoskeletal health. During covid-19, cancelled treatments, limited access, increased waiting times in pain, lockdown effect on mental wellbeing, exercise and weight-gain were all obstacles to good musculoskeletal health.…

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NICE: Chronic Primary Pain draft guideline

Consultation deadline 14 September 2020

A new draft guideline, Chronic pain in over 16s: assessment and management, published by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is open for consultation until 14 September 2020.

The consultation recommends that people over 16 should not be offered medication to manage chronic primary pain, including opioids, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, benzodiazepines, local anaesthetic/corticosteroid combinations, paracetamol, ketamine and corticosteroids.

The draft guidance recommends the non-pharmacological management of chronic primary pain, including supervised exercise programmes and psychological therapies.…

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