The team at MSO Physio have a wealth of experience in the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of orthopaedic conditions.

Nick Wirth and Harriet Jones have worked extensively within in-patient orthopaedic rehabilitation settings in hospitals across the region including Epsom, St Helier and Mayday, plus the Elective Orthopaedic Centre (the EOC) – a cutting edge orthopaedic hospital serving the South West London region.

Because of this experience, the team at MSO Physio are well versed in dealing with and rehabilitating orthopaedic conditions and have developed excellent links with many of the local surgeons with whom we also work in the private sector.

If, as part of your treatment, you need an opinion from an orthopaedic surgeon, we will be able to recommend someone suited to your needs in the NHS or private sector.

Orthopaedic conditions revolve around skeleton and joints of the human body and are typically divided into bony and soft tissue problems.

Orthopaedic conditions can be further divided into traumatic and non-traumatic injuries that result in damage to the bony, joint or soft tissues around human joints. There can be some blurring of the lines however and it is perfectly possible for a person to have an arthritic knee who then suffers a traumatic strain resulting in pain and disability.

Non-traumatic orthopaedic conditions are predominantly arthritic in nature. This is the natural process of degeneration of human joints due to age, activity levels and general health. Arthritis itself is not necessarily painful but inflammation, sub-chondral cysts, bone bruising, synovitis and other nasty sounding things that accompany arthritis can be painful and often treatable.

Traumatic orthopaedic conditions are normally high force impacts and collisions that may result in dislocations, fractures, ligament injuries and others with variable levels of pain and dysfunction. Most traumatic orthopaedic conditions improve thankfully with the right intervention and management and even the pain of arthritic conditions can be improved in a large number of people.

Orthopaedic surgery offers solutions to the more complex problems but physiotherapy can be incredibly useful in the management of orthopaedic conditions and is commonly the first intervention sought by surgeons with an aim to delay or even avoid major orthopaedic surgery. Following is further information about different types of orthopaedic surgery.

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Below is a list of common orthopaedic surgeries. The list is not exhaustive but includes many of the common conditions encountered in clinic. The expert physiotherapists at MSO Physio have great experience of dealing with a wide range of orthopaedic problems and we have probably seen your problem before. If required our professional physiotherapists will be able to arrange imaging of your problem or discuss referral onwards to an appropriate specialist.

Knee: total knee replacement, revision total knee replacement, arthroscopy, acl reconstruction, pcl reconstruction, mcl reconstruction, meniscal repair, meniscal debridement, washout, chondroplasty, osteochondral defect repair, patella resurfacing, arthritis, osteoarthritis, lateral release, tibial tubercle transfer, injection therapy, fracture, open reduction internal fixation, external fixation, tibial plateau fracture, osteotomy, reconstruction, steadmann’s procedure, microfracture.

Ankle: fracture, open reduction internal fixation, medial malleolus fracture, lateral malleolus fracture, pott’s fracture, tibial plafond fracture, arthritis, osteoarthritis, ankle replacement, lateral ligament reconstruction, arthroscopy, osteotomy, injection therapy, syndesmosis injuries, fusions, Achilles repairs, microfracture, osteochondral defect repair.

Foot: Lisfranc injuries, fusion, fracture, open reduction internal fixation, injection therapy, bunionectomies, hallux valgus repair, arthritis, osteoarthritis, metatarsal fracture, Morton’s neuroma, calcaneus fracture, sub-talar fusion.

Pelvis: fracture, open reduction internal fixation, acetabular fracture, pubic ramus fracture, pubis symphysis repair, external fixation, osteotomy.

Fractures: open reduction and internal fixation of all upper and lower limb fractures, intermedullary nailing, external fixation, conservative management (POP), spinal fractures, wedge compression fractures, fracture dislocations, avulsion fractures, stress fractures.