Healthcare Professionals
Useful resources
Useful resources for health care professionals and students to help increase knowledge and confidence in diagnosing and managing patents with musculoskeletal conditions.
MSK Champions: Programme postponed
Drive improvements in MSK care in your local health system with our prestigious leadership development programme, created with Ashridge Executive Education.
Network news
Read our latest news, policy updates, educational resources and developments in MSK healthcare.
Core skills in musculoskeletal care
Read more about our educational package to learn essential skills and confidently manage MSK conditions in primary or community care.
The Professional Network
Join our professional network community for health care professionals and transform care for people with arthritis.
Joint matters
Joint Matters is a clinical update written by health care professionals. Read up to date articles on the latest topics in musculoskeletal health.
Clinical assessment of patients with musculoskeletal conditions
Competent history taking and examination are the key to making an accurate diagnosis and assessment of a patient complaining of joint problems. This section covers the key questions you need to consider when making a diagnosis.
Clinical pointers: managing osteoarthritis in primary care
This learning module provides GPs with the latest evidence for treatments used in general practice to relieve pain and improve function in osteoarthritis.
Musculoskeletal impact toolkit
Read our guidance and resources for GPs and healthcare professionals to demonstrate how your learning has impacted patient care.
Exercise sheets for your patients
Download our information and exercise sheets for your patients.
Back pain exercises
7 video clips of back pain exercises.
Versus Arthritis and Red Whale webinars
Versus Arthritis are excited to be working with leading health care education provider Red Whale to deliver a series of free, interactive webinars covering some of the most common MSK conditions seen in primary care.
Arthritis Tracker: Information for healthcare professionals
At Versus Arthritis, we put people with arthritis at the heart of everything we do – the idea for Arthritis Tracker came from one of our young people, and together, we’ve shaped and improved the app over time with continued input from young people and healthcare professionals across the UK.
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