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Musculoskeletal health

Information and resources on musculoskeletal health conditions.

• From: Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
• Published: 17 January 2020
• Last updated: 29 November 2022 — See all updates

Musculoskeletal health (MSK) conditions impact millions of people in the UK, and are associated with a large number of co-morbidities including depression and obesity.

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) helps to maintain and improve the musculoskeletal health of the population through the MSK health programme, which is designed to support people to live with good MSK health and freedom from pain and disability.

For more information, see the musculoskeletal conditions profile on Fingertips.

Guidance and tools

• Musculoskeletal health: trends, risk factors and disparities in England, November 2022
  • 29 November 2022
  • Official Statistics
• Musculoskeletal health: 5 year prevention strategic framework
  • 20 June 2019
  • Guidance
• Falls and fractures: applying All Our Health
  • 25 February 2022
  • Guidance
• Falls and fractures: consensus statement and resources pack
  • 14 July 2017
  • Guidance
• Musculoskeletal conditions: return on investment tool
  • 21 December 2017
  • Guidance
• Musculoskeletal health: applying All Our Health
  • 1 March 2022
  • Guidance
• Postural care services and people with learning disabilities
  • 8 May 2018
  • Guidance
• Productive healthy ageing and musculoskeletal health
  • 6 December 2017
  • Guidance
• Understanding the provision of occupational health and work-related musculoskeletal services
  • 28 May 2020
  • Research and analysis

Case studies

• Better Bones Osteoporosis Service from Kingston Public Health
  • 6 December 2017
  • Case study
• ESCAPE-pain for knee pain
  • 6 December 2017
  • Case study
• Implementing stratified care for low back pain: STarT Back
  • 6 December 2017
  • Case study
• Dancing in Time
  • 6 December 2017
  • Case study
• Improving primary prevention of falls for Newcastle’s over 65s
  • 6 December 2017
  • Case study
• Supporting musculoskeletal (MSK) health at work
  • 6 December 2017
  • Case study
• SWAP: delivering primary care vocational advice
  • 6 December 2017
  • Case study

Published 17 January 2020
Last updated 29 November 2022 + show all updates

1. 29 November 2022

   Added 'Musculoskeletal health: trends, risk factors and disparities in England, November 2022' to the collection page.

2. 22 June 2020

   Added 'Falls and fractures: applying All Our Health', 'Understanding the provision of occupational health and work-related musculoskeletal services' and 'Postural care services and people with learning disabilities' documents.

3. 23 January 2020

   Added link to K-Hub.

4. 17 January 2020

   First published.