Strategies to improve the implementation of muscle health assessment and management in general practice.

This article reviews the management of patients presenting with chronic shoulder pain. Appropriate investigations are discussed, and non-surgical and surgical treatment options are reviewed.

Pain due to musculoskeletal conditions is difficult to express and define and is often overlooked in consultations.

This article describes an approach to the assessment and management of the common presentations of acute cervical spine pain.

This issue of AJGP examines musculoskeletal conditions – how these cause pain and how to manage the multitude of ways in which these impairments affect the lives of our patients.

Early diagnosis of superior oblique palsy in general practice can improve visual acuity and prevent complications including torticollis.

The primary care physician plays a pivotal part in the identification and management of idiopathic frozen shoulder, with the vast majority of patients responding to conservative management.

This study assesses the influence of baseline body mass index and baseline knee pain on improvements in patients participating in a weight loss program for knee osteoarthritis.

Many challenges exist in providing best-evidence treatments that promote an active approach facilitating self-efficacy and physical activity, and align with a contemporary understanding of pain.

General practitioners are an integral part of the multidisciplinary team to help manage pelvic girdle pain.

This article reviews the management of common sport-related knee injuries, including injuries to the collateral and cruciate ligaments, the menisci and the extensor mechanism.

Complex spinal pain interdisciplinary assessment in a primary care setting shows reasonable long-term outcomes comparable to more intensive interventions.