We understand how aches and pains in your joints, muscles and bones can cause frustration and worry – impacting on your daily activities.  In most cases, these can be treated by yourself, in your own home using the guidance on the links below, which are supported by our local clinicians.

Spinal information

• Physio network – All you ever wanted to know about back-pain 
• NHS – Healthier Families
• Patient
• Sheffield Aches and Pains
• NHS – The Eat Well Guide
• Versus Arthritis – back pain
• Versus Arthritis – exercises for the back
• Back Pain information video by local Somerset FT Clinicians

Getting active

NICE guidelines, in the majority of MSk conditions, demonstrate that becoming more active and improving your general health and wellbeing has a positive impact on your MSk complaint.  The following resources can support you to get more active:

• Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership
• NHS – Exercise
• Health Connections Mendip
• Somerset Village and Community Agents
• Walking for Health
• Ramblers
• Healthy Somerset
• NHS – Lose weight
• Physical activity guidelines

• SFT patient Information Videos: https://www.somersetft.nhs.uk/musculoskeletal-physiotherapy-service/msk-service-patient-information-videos/
• You can trial the use of the GetUBetter app, if you have had your symptoms for less than 6 weeks to see if your condition can improve with some simple advice and exercise. This can be accessed via getUBetter – An app for all common muscle, bone and joint injuries and conditions. – NHS Somerset ICB
• gUB video: https://vimeo.com/1078328281/b2409a14f7

Long term management

• The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)
• Versus Arthritis
• Escape pain – local programmes available within Somerset
• Somerset Pain
• Pain Toolkit
• Pain Concern
• Pain and Me, Acceptance YouTube video
• Tame the Beast YouTube video
• RetrainPain
• Live Well with Pain

Lower limb information

• • Escape pain – local programmes available within Somerset
  • Versus arthritis – Knee pain
  • NHS – Knee pain
  • NHS – Osteoarthritis
  • Versus Arthritis

Managing perception of your pain

• Somerset Talking Therapies
• NHS – Mental health

Pelvic health for men, women and children

• Bladder and Bowel Community
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) – For the public
• Vulval Pain Society
• ERIC
• Pelvic Partnership
• Menopause Matters
• Balance Menopause
• NHS – Quit smoking
• NHS – Health A to Z
• NHS – Lose weight
• Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy (POGP)
• Positive Pause
• Patient webinars – Health A to Z

Upper limb Information

• ShoulderDoc
• The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH)
• British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) – Frozen shoulder
• https://bess.ac.uk/tennis-elbow/
• British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) – Tennis Elbow
• British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) – Shoulder Instability
• British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) Exercise for Shoulder Pain YouTube playlist