Musculoskeletal Medicine (MSK Medicine) is a specialised medical field dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of problems arising from the musculoskeletal system. This includes injuries and diseases affecting the muscles, bones and joints of the limbs and spine. MSK doctors treat these conditions without surgical intervention. They are medical doctors who often hold additional qualifications in General Practice and Sport & Exercise Medicine. These doctors are experts at diagnosis and perform fluoroscopic x-ray and ultrasound guided pain-relieving injections for acute and chronic conditions including arthritis and sports injuries.
Our Musculoskeletal Medicine and Sport & Exercise Medicine Doctors offer a variety of treatments following a thorough consultation and assessment of the musculoskeletal system. They often refer patients for manual therapy with physios, osteopaths and chiropractors but offer steroid joint injections, hyaluronic acid injections, prolotherapy, PRP (platelet rich plasma), trigger point injections and other treatments for stubborn cases.
Some of our MSK doctors are back pain specialists, such as Dr Simon Petrides, Dr Tom Saw and Dr Vinay Ketkar. These doctors perform pain relieving injections for severe back pain, such as caudal epidurals, prolotherapy, radiofrequency denervation and nerve root block injections. They work closely with the local radiologists and it is possible to have an MRI and report within 48 hours depending on location and availability.
We have 16 MSK doctors working across the UK in our Blackberry Clinics. The clinics offering MSK Medicine doctor treatments are Blackberry Clinic Milton Keynes, Blackberry Clinic Oxford, Blackberry Clinic Guildford, Blackberry Clinic Lichfield, Blackberry Clinic Ipswich and Blackberry Clinic Havant.
Injection treatments include hyaluronic acid injections for arthritis, hydrodilatation/high volume injections for frozen shoulder, soft tissue injections for ligament injuries, joint injections, platelet rich plasma injections for tennis and golfers elbow and arthritis and many more. All our doctors are experts in their field and specialise in accurate diagnosis of painful conditions, back pain, neck pain and joint pain.
Not all our MSK doctors offer spinal injections so check out our website to see what treatments are on offer.
