NICE guideline: Low Back pain and sciatica

NICE has published the final guidelines on Low back pain and sciatica in over 16s: assessment and management. Supporting evidence, tools and resources as well as all the stakeholder comments are available. NICE said the comments were invaluable in refining the guidelines. NICE produced an equality impact assessment too. NICE included the recommendations of this…

Good musculoskeletal services – Now more than ever

As I write this, the news is of rising cases of Covid-19, rising hospital admissions and local lockdowns. All our readers will be concerned about what this might mean for NHS services. The prospect of going through all that again is frightening. One thing ARMA members, professional and patient organisations alike, are saying is that…

Power to the people: MSK Coproduction Tweet Chat

At 7pm on 21 September 2020, people living with musculoskeletal conditions and healthcare professionals and policy influencers congregated in anticipation of a tweet chat on Twitter – ‘Power to the People.’ The tweet chat encompassed co-production of a new NHS MSK strategy – patients and healthcare professionals improving care together. The discussion for that hour…

BOA position on suspending surgery due to COVID-19

With cases of COVID-19 currently rising across the UK, there are discussions of a second wave resulting in a spike in COVID-19 -related hospital admissions this autumn. In the first wave many of the activities of the NHS were put on hold as a precaution to preserve capacity. This was understandable in the face of…

Webinar: Rheumatology Nursing – Past and Present

In just over a week’s time, the Royal College of Nursing’s Rheumatology Nursing Forum will be hosting a free webinar looking at the progression of the specialism. The event takes place on the 13 October starting at 6.30pm. The RCN Forum Chair, Julie Begum, will be joined by Sue Oliver and Diana Finney to discuss…

Physio in Focus online event

On 7 November 2020, NASS will be hosting a new event for any affected by axial SpA (AS). Physio in Focus will be run entirely by physiotherapists and in partnership with AStretch. Please do share this with your patients. We also welcome attendance from physiotherapists who would like to engage further with NASS and AStretch.

BOA Virtual Congress 2020

The BOA ran a member-only Virtual Congress across the two weeks of 15-25 September 2020. Members can view recordings of the live sessions and the pre-recorded sessions on the BOA website. Take a look at the live session recordings from across the 2020 BOA Virtual Congress. Sessions include, T&O and COVID19; the good, the bad…

Guest blog: How to postpone becoming a bionic woman

Better communications with symptomatic hypermobility patients leads to better outcomes For anyone on the long journey to diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) (previously Joint Hypermobility syndrome (JHS)) or the closely related Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD), the knowledge, practice and understanding of appropriate musculoskeletal issues from practitioners is hugely beneficial. EDS and HSD are complex heritable…

BOA Patient statement regarding COVID-19 and elective care

The British Orthopaedic Association has published their latest patient statement for those people currently awaiting elective surgery, many of whom are experiencing uncertainties and difficulties. Growing waiting lists are affecting all planned surgery, but particularly orthopaedics (bone and joint treatment) which has the largest overall waiting list of any individual specialty. The BOA has created…

Bone and Joint Week – 12-20 October 2020

Good musculoskeletal health – now more than ever What is Bone and Joint Week? Every October, Bone and Joint Week helps get people thinking about one of the most widespread and pressing health issues of our times – musculoskeletal health and, in these unprecedented times, good musculoskeletal health is so important, now more than ever….