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)
- Managing your bone, joint or muscle pain, see https://www.csp.org.uk/conditions/managing-pain-home
- Our patient members’ organisations have helplines, tips, videos, directories and petitions.
Arthritis Action: https://www.arthritisaction.org.uk
CCAA Kids with Arthritis: https://www.ccaa.org.uk/
Ehlers Danlos Support UK: www.ehlers-danlos.org
Fibromyalgia UK: http://www.fmauk.org
Hypermobility Syndromes Association: https://www.hypermobility.org
National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS): https://nass.co.uk
National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS): https://www.nras.org.uk
Polymyalgia Rheumatica & Giant Cell Arteritis UK: www.pmrgcauk.com
Psoriasis Association: https://www.psoriasis-association.org.uk
Royal Osteoporosis Society: https://theros.org.uk
Scleroderma & Raynaud’s UK (SRUK): https://www.sruk.co.uk
UK Gout society: www.ukgoutsociety.org/
Versus Arthritis: https://www.versusarthritis.org
If you work for a CCG, ICS, PCN or Provider organisation
- Watch the ARMA/NHSE Good practice webinars.
- See the National Back Pain Pathway.
- Ensure you have a co-production approach to your services.
- Ensure you commission the ARMA core offerto meet the requirements of the long term plan for MSK.
MSK healthcare professionals
- Make sure patients know about peer support from patient groups.
- Watch the ARMA/NHSE Good practice webinars.
GPs and other non MSK specialist healthcare professionals
- Know the signs of less common MSK conditions. See the resources e.g. RCGP e-learning modules, and toolkits for less common MSK conditions.
- Watch the ARMA/NHSE Good practice webinars.
If you work in Public Health make MSK health a priority in what you do. See the document Musculoskeletal health: 5 year prevention strategic framework and Public Health England’s website for infographics.
Employers
Business in the community/Public Health England/ARMA toolkit.
Everyone
Sign up to our free, monthly e-newsletter; Check out the recordings of our webinars;
Become an ARMA Supporter to ensure we can continue to support good musculoskeletal health long into the future.