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All patient advice

You can find information below on a list of conditions including advice, exercises and help about rehabilitation.

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Hands and wrist

  • Distal radius fracture

Hip and knee

  • Patella dislocation
  • Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
  • Hip Osteoarthritis
  • Hip Osteoarthritis management and rehabilitation
  • Total Hip Replacement
  • Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction
  • Meniscal (knee cartilage) wear and repair
  • Partial Knee Replacement
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury Conservative Management
  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Surgical Reconstruction
  • Knee Osteoarthritis
  • Knee Osteoarthritis management and rehabilitation
  • Posterolateral Corner Ligament Reconstruction of the Knee
  • Total Knee Replacement

Foot and ankle

  • Ankle fractures - non weight bearing
  • Foot/toe fractures
  • Heel pain
  • Ankle fractures - partial weight bearing
  • Ankle soft tissue injury
  • Achilles tendinopathy

Shoulders and elbow

  • Golfer's elbow
  • Shoulder injection after-care
  • Acromio-clavicular ligament repair
  • Frozen shoulder
  • Shoulder (subacromial) Injection After-Care
  • Soft Casts
  • Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis/osis)

Back and spine

Children

  • Sever's disease - children and young people
  • Toe Walking - children and young people
  • In-toeing - children and young people
  • Hypermobility - children and young people
  • Flat feet in childhood - children and young people
  • Fused toes in children - children and young people
  • Toe problems in childhood - children and young people
  • Information for Schools on Hypermobility (Bendiness) - children and young people
  • Toddler's fracture - children and young people
  • Knee injuries - children and young people
  • Patella dislocation - children and young people
  • Torus buckle fracture - children and young people
  • Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis advice sheet - children and young people
  • Stairs with one rail advice
  • Management Advice after Ankle Soft Tissue Injury - children and young people
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