Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance
Influencing policy and care together for best lifelong musculoskeletal health
Collision sports injury conference
10 October 2025
The Berkeley Hotel, London
A one-day ORUK event focused on managing complex injuries in high-energy collision sports. Topics include ACL injuries, shoulder dislocations, Achilles ruptures, spinal trauma, and concussion. Join national and international experts for case-based discussions and the latest in return-to-play strategies.
Diploma in Team CareThe Diploma in Team Care will set the standard for Team Care knowledge across Sport and Exercise Medicine.
Applications open now.
Exam sitting: 15th April 2025
Diploma in MSK MedicineThe Diploma in Musculoskeletal Medicine sets the standard for MSK knowledge across the entire breadth of community care.
Applications open now.
Exam sitting: 20th May 2025
Samantha Parsons, BASRaT registered Sport Rehabilitator and Director of Arch Health and Fitness in Kew played a key role in supporting GB tennis in Paris.
Sam has shared her rehab story with BASRat, including the preparation, day-to-day tasks, heat management, food and those infamous cardboard beds!
Samantha is pictured here with GB tennis stars Neal Skupski and Joe Salisbury, who have nine Grand Slam doubles titles between them.
Applications are now open for the MFSEM Part 1 Examination.
The MFSEM Part 1 & 2 are the benchmark examinations for those practicing in Sport and Exercise Medicine, and sets the excellent standards for providing clinical care within the specialty.
This examination is the first of two parts which, upon successful completion, currently provides members a route to Membership of the Faculty.
Exam date: 26th September 2024
Eligibility
Candidates must hold a medical qualification that is acceptable to the UK General Medical Council for Full or Provisional Registration or to the Medical Council in Ireland for Full or Temporary Registration.…
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The second phase of the UK’s MSK health hub pilot will see the service rolled out to an additional 85 swimming pools and leisure centres from February 2023.
The scheme – a collaboration between UK Active, Good Boost, Orthopaedic Research UK, Escape Pain and Arthritis Action – launched last year across 15 sites to support individuals suffering from musculoskeletal health problems. As well as a presence in physical locations, it also provides users with access to a tablet and app for customised guidance and at-home support.…
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ukactive’s pilot to transform leisure centres, swimming pools, and gyms into musculoskeletal (MSK) health hubs has been expanded to 100 sites across the UK, as the sector grows its services for the community.
The programme behind the pilot has been designed and provided in collaboration between Good Boost, ukactive, Orthopaedic Research UK, ESCAPE-pain, and Arthritis Action – demonstrating how the fitness and leisure sector can work together to reduce the burden on the healthcare system. Read the full press release.
Versus Arthritis has launched their brand new Let’s Move for Surgery physical activity resources for people with arthritis waiting for or recovering from joint replacement surgery. The Surgery Toolkit includes a series of tailor-made, follow-along exercise videos for hip, shoulder and knee, as well as full body workouts to help maintain overall fitness. It also features personal stories and advice from those living with arthritis who have been through or are awaiting joint replacement surgery, as well as tips on keeping active from a physiotherapist.…
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Moving Medicine Launches Physical Activity Resources on Anxiety, Type 1 Diabetes, Obesity, and MenopauseMoving Medicine have launched four new resources designed to help healthcare professionals have better conversations about physical activity with people suffering from anxiety, people with type 1 diabetes, people who are obese, and people experiencing menopause.
The free online consultation guides cover the main benefits of physical activity, as well as addressing common barriers that healthcare professionals encounter when talking to people about becoming more active and offering support and ideas on how to navigate them.…
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Looking differently at leisure places as spaces for chronic pain managementby Ben Wilkins, CEO, Good Boost
15.5 million people in England live with chronic pain. Approximately 5.5 million (12% of the population) have high-impact chronic pain, where pain makes it an on-going challenge to take part in daily activities (Versus Arthritis, 2021). The main contributing factor for 8-in-10 people living with chronic pain are musculoskeletal conditions, such as osteoarthritis, back and neck pain. For people living with this, it’s not just a ‘ache in your back’ or a ‘twinge in your knee’, it’s an unrelenting and all-consuming part of everyday life.…
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Members of BASRaT will soon be able to work abroad thanks to the new international arrangement between ARTI Ireland, BASRaTorg, BOCATC US and CATA Canada.
The agreement will enhance skills, practices and education standards of sport rehabilitators and athletic trainers in the UK, Canada, America and Ireland due to the agreement ensuring comparable best practices, quality education and professional standards.
The international agreement for the profession of athletic training and therapy plays a key role in optimising care, injury prevention, rehabilitation and supporting the rights of patients and the public to achieve their potential to live well.…
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