What We Diagnose
W27 diagnoses all types of musculoskeletal problems affecting the joints, muscles and bones.
Sports injuries
- Ligaments and tendon sprains – stretched or torn ligaments involving all limbs
- Muscle strains – stretched or torn muscle fibres around the body
- Stress injuries – stress responses in bones around the body
- Trauma – fractures and dislocations of joints and subsequent soft tissue injuries
- Back pain – soreness, tension or stiffness
Rheumatological conditions
- Osteoarthritis – joint stiffness and pain caused by inflammation from a degenerative process
- Rheumatoid arthritis – an inflammatory type of arthritis caused by your own immune system attacking the joints and its linings
- Gout – a type of arthritis caused by too much uric acid in your blood. Usually affects the big toe
- Ankylosing spondylitis – pain, stiffness and inflammation in the spine or across the lower back e.g. sacro-iliac joints
- Spondylolisthesis – a bone slipping out of position causing pain and stiffness, or numbness
Trauma
- Fractures (any upper + lower limb, spine)
- Stress fractures – tiny cracks in bone due to repeated stress (common in high impact sports like running)
- Dislocations e.g. shoulder – the upper arm pops out of the shoulder joint causing severe pain. Caused by heavy impact or a fall
Bone Infection
- Osteomyelitis – this causes pain and discomfort, and can be rapidly progressing to any bone(s) in the body
Spinal problems (Back pain)
- Slipped disk – a disc in the spine presses on a nerve causing intense pain
- Sciatica – a condition affecting the nerve that runs from the pelvis down the bag of the legs to the feet
- Cauda equina syndrome – severe compression of lower back nerves
General Orthopaedic complaints
- Tendinopathy – swollen, painful tendons around the body
- Bursitis – swollen bursa (fluid-filled sac beneath the skin) e.g shoulders, hips and elsewhere around the body
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – caused by a pinched nerve in the wrist
- Rotator cuff tear – pain and extreme stiffness in the shoulder caused by injury or progressive degeneration
- Trigger digit
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