Studio discussion: Musculoskeletal disorders

Musculoskeletal disorders can range from acute injuries to chronic conditions and accounts for nearly one third of GP consultations.

In this episode of the Clinical Update podcast, the MIMS Learning’s medical editors discuss musculoskeletal symptoms that can be red flags, inflammatory conditions, and back pain.

Educational objectives

After listening to this podcast, GPs and other healthcare professionals should be more aware of:

• The red flag symptoms for muscle weakness, paraesthesia, and bone pain.
• The differences between various causes of muscle weakness, including neurological, rheumatological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and malignant etiologies.
• Key indicators of serious underlying conditions associated with paraesthesia.
• NICE guidance for the diagnosis and management of gout.
• Identify characteristic features of axial spondyloarthritis , including inflammatory back pain and extra-musculoskeletal manifestations, to facilitate earlier diagnosis.
• How to manage acute low back pain effectively by providing appropriate self-management advice and analgesia.

You can access the website version of this podcast on MIMS Learning to make notes for your appraisal. MIMS Learning offers hundreds of hours of CPD for healthcare professionals, along with a handy CPD organiser.

Please note: this podcast is presented by medical editors and discusses educational content written or presented by doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals on the MIMS Learning website and at live events.

MIMS Learning

Red flags

Bone pain - red flag symptoms

Paraesthesia - red flag symptoms

Muscle weakness - red flag symptoms

Arthritis and inflammatory

Guidance update: Latest NICE guidelines on gout

Diagnosing axial spondyloarthritis in primary care

Widespread joint pain - red flag symptoms

Back pain

Acute low back pain: initial presentation to primary care

Back pain - red flag symptoms

MIMS

Tests for patients on disease-modifying arthritis drugs

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