Self help links
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.
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
- 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
- gUB video
Lower Limb Information
- Escape pain – local programmes available within Somerset
- Versus arthritis – Knee pain
- NHS – Knee pain
- NHS – Osteoarthritis
- Versus Arthritis
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
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