Musculoskeletal Medicine

Musculoskeletal Medicine is an important discipline dealing with patients who have musculoskeletal and neural dysfunction of both an acute and chronic nature.  Patients with these problems constitute up to 15% of a general practitioner's caseload.  Musculoskeletal Medicine is based on biomedical and psychosocial knowledge and utilises a range of therapeutic skills including manual medicine, needling and acupuncture, injection techniques, interventional pain techniques, applied biomechanics, pharmacotherapy, psychosocial management.

Why would I need to access this service?

Some of the conditions suitable for referral include:

• Neck pain and cervical spondylosis
• Headache
• Arm and shoulder pain
• Back pain and lumbar spondylosis
• Sciatic pain
• Referred somatic sensory symptoms to the chest or abdomen causing unexplained pain
• Enthesopathies such as tennis and golfer’s elbow.  Trochanteric hip pain. Adductor strains etc
• Peri-articular pain and stiffness of both large and small joints
• Hip, knee and leg pain
• Fasciitis and tendonitis
• Bursitis
• Frozen shoulder
• Osteoarthritis
• Repetitive use syndromes and work related disorders
• Soft tissue injury

At Oxford Clinic Dr Jim Borowczyk deals primarily with painful disorders of the neck, back, and the peripheral joints, but also has an interest in pain problems that relate to chronic abdominal and pelvic pathology.  Having had the opportunity to work in liaison with Oxford Clinic for a number of years, he has considerable experience in this area of medicine.

What is the process for referral to the procedure/ condition/ service?

Please see Making An Appointment

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