Access self-help management advice, targeted exercises, and specialist physiotherapy advice for a range of common body aches and pains.
Neck problems can cause a range of symptoms including pain (which may go down your arm), stiffness, pins and needles or numbness in your arm or hand.
Shoulder problems can cause a range of symptoms including pain, stiffness and weakness.
Elbow problems can cause a range of symptoms including pain, stiffness and weakness.
Wrist, hand and finger problems can cause a range of symptoms including pain, swelling and stiffness, pins and needles or numbness.
Back pain is common and often starts for no obvious reason. The spine is strong and back problems are rarely due to any serious disease or damage. Back problems can cause a range of symptoms, including stiffness, muscle spasms, hot, burning, shooting or stabbing pains in your back and sometimes into one or both of your legs or feet, pins and needles, numbness or, weakness likely due to nerve irritation.
Hip problems can cause a range of symptoms including pain, stiffness and weakness.
Knee problems can cause a range of symptoms including pain, stiffness and swelling.
Foot problems can cause a range of symptoms including pain, swelling and limping.
For advice and exercises to help with chronic pain, explore the resources available from the organisations below:
For advice and exercises to help with General Health and Wellbeing, explore the resources from NHS Lothian:
Looking for further professional advice, over the phone or in person? Go direct and arrange a self-referral to the MSK Physiotherapy Service.
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