NHS 24 MSK help
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About NHS 24 MSK help
- In this app you will find: -
• Advice on common muscle, back and joint problems
• Exercises and video clips to help you get moving safely
• Information to help with Work - Working lives information
• Reminders to do your exercises and/or attend any appointments
• A log to keep a note of your progress
- What are musculoskeletal problems? -
MSK is shorthand for MusculoSKeletal. Any injury, disease or problem with our muscles, bones or joints is known as a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD). A broad term covering common injuries such as a sprained ankle and stiff neck through to conditions such as arthritis.
MSK problems are very common. Symptoms can include pain, stiffness, swelling, muscle weakness, numbness or pins and needles. They can bother you at home, at work, or through activities and sport. There are over 400 medical conditions that can affect bones, muscles and joints.
Muscle and joint problems are the single biggest cause of work absence and physical disability in the UK. Over one million people in Scotland consulted their GP for these reasons last year.
Getting quick access to good information helps people with muscle, back and joint problems get back to normal quicker. It also helps them to stay at or return to work and their normal life sooner. We have included within the app, a specific section about work which contains some useful advice and information to help both those in work but also managers and employers.
- Where did the information in this app come from? -
Scottish patients, doctors, MSK therapists, pharmacists and employment services have helped develop this information.
The content in this app is linked directly to the self-management information that can be found at NHS inform.
• Advice on common muscle, back and joint problems
• Exercises and video clips to help you get moving safely
• Information to help with Work - Working lives information
• Reminders to do your exercises and/or attend any appointments
• A log to keep a note of your progress
- What are musculoskeletal problems? -
MSK is shorthand for MusculoSKeletal. Any injury, disease or problem with our muscles, bones or joints is known as a musculoskeletal disorder (MSD). A broad term covering common injuries such as a sprained ankle and stiff neck through to conditions such as arthritis.
MSK problems are very common. Symptoms can include pain, stiffness, swelling, muscle weakness, numbness or pins and needles. They can bother you at home, at work, or through activities and sport. There are over 400 medical conditions that can affect bones, muscles and joints.
Muscle and joint problems are the single biggest cause of work absence and physical disability in the UK. Over one million people in Scotland consulted their GP for these reasons last year.
Getting quick access to good information helps people with muscle, back and joint problems get back to normal quicker. It also helps them to stay at or return to work and their normal life sooner. We have included within the app, a specific section about work which contains some useful advice and information to help both those in work but also managers and employers.
- Where did the information in this app come from? -
Scottish patients, doctors, MSK therapists, pharmacists and employment services have helped develop this information.
The content in this app is linked directly to the self-management information that can be found at NHS inform.
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What are users saying about NHS 24 MSK help
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Used for my shoulder a few years ago and about to use again for back issues
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Easy to follow!
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For back pain
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Won't let me install
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Some of the exercise videos don't play so the app is no good for what I want to use it for.
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When trying to set reminders you cannot set a time after 12:00. If you try 15:00 it converts it to 03:00. Also, it would be handy to be able to duplicate reminders with different times instead of having to type all the details in again.
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Absolutely useless. No info on Glutis muscle group and still waiting on an update as still showing 2013 was last update. Not impressed.
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Unable to click on the box to accept the disclaimer when I tried this on my Android phone. Hopeless. Will not be recommending to my patients sadly.
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Absolutely useless
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Apps is great I use it to remind myself to take medication but when trying to set dates for January 2016 is says 'cannot set dates in the past'
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Cannot get past disclaimer screen. What is the point? NHS making themselves look good again!
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Unable to click on the box to accept the disclaimer when I tried this on my Android phone. Hopeless. Will not be recommending to my patients sadly.
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Won't let me install
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Tells me exercises to follow which I would not have known. Saves a doctor's time. If they don't work then an appointment appropriate. Makes sense to me.
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To the other users if you update the app. it should start working I have just updated mine and it is now working I have been able to accept the conditions and can now see all features. Have given the app three stars just now because I have only just started using it.
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Works perfectly, a great handy app to have for back problems
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Can't even get by the disclaimer
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Cannot get past disclaimer screen. What is the point? NHS making themselves look good again!
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Uses more like a website squashed into an app. Too wordy at some points. The content needs refinement for app. Succinctness is important. Hopefully NHS project team has costed in development for beta, future versions and support.
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Tick boxes on the first disclaimer page don't work so can't actually use the app.
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Can't get past the bloody thing
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Won't let me past terms page even after ticking box to accept them. 2nd NHS app that's crap and 2nd that I've uninstalled within 2 minutes of installing. DON'T WASTE TIME OR SPACE!
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Can't get passed the disclaimer the two tick box's don't work just like the nhs crap
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It isn't as informative as just doing a simple check online or visiting your gp.
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Bugged
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To the other users if you update the app. it should start working I have just updated mine and it is now working I have been able to accept the conditions and can now see all features. Have given the app three stars just now because I have only just started using it.
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Works perfectly, a great handy app to have for back problems
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Can't even get by the disclaimer
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Cannot get past disclaimer screen. What is the point? NHS making themselves look good again!
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Uses more like a website squashed into an app. Too wordy at some points. The content needs refinement for app. Succinctness is important. Hopefully NHS project team has costed in development for beta, future versions and support.
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Tick boxes on the first disclaimer page don't work so can't actually use the app.
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Can't get past the bloody thing
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Won't let me past terms page even after ticking box to accept them. 2nd NHS app that's crap and 2nd that I've uninstalled within 2 minutes of installing. DON'T WASTE TIME OR SPACE!
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Can't get passed the disclaimer the two tick box's don't work just like the nhs crap
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It isn't as informative as just doing a simple check online or visiting your gp.
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When it asks did you do an exercise and you say yes, it still shows you how to do it. Bit annoying, be handy if you could free fomat excercises.