Musculo-skeletal (MSK) outpatient physiotherapy service

We provide a specialist service to deal with conditions of neuro-musculo-skeletal origin, which covers necks, backs, all joints, muscles, ligaments and the peripheral neurological supply to these structures.

The team covers musculo-skeletal injuries and works as an outpatient department. Patients are referred into the service by GPs, consultants and patients are able to self-refer.

Assessment will take into account the individual needs and demands of the patient to customise a course of treatment that can include exercises, stretches, joint mobilisation, tissue mobilisation, manipulation, pacing, advice, education, and joint/soft tissue injections.

Access to our Gymnasiums is also provided, where a number of specific rehabilitation groups run to aid long term recovery and return to full fitness (be that work, sport or leisure).

We also have a number of Extended Scope Practitioners (ESP’s) within the service.  The ESP’s provide a high level of orthopaedic assessment, diagnosis and management. This can include requesting further investigations, interpreting results to formulate a management plan and listing patients for orthopaedic surgical procedures. They also carry out joint and soft tissue injections.

They are highly specialised musculoskeletal physiotherapists with extended skills to enable them to work within the orthopaedic out patient department. The ESP’s run orthopaedic clinics alongside the consultants.

Where we are

We have departments in York Hospital, The New Selby War Memorial Hospital and St. Monica's Hospital, Easingwold.

We also have satellite clinics located at some GP practices and health centres.

YOURPHYSIO

YOURPHYSIO is the new NHS physiotherapy service for the Vale of York (York and Selby). This new service offers one to one sessions, group sessions and a new website which provides useful information about self management, management of long term conditions, healthy lifestyle choices and how patients can self refer.