Musculoskeletal Therapy

Musculoskeletal Therapy is a rehabilitation service relating to muscles, bones, joints and connective tissues.

We are a team of physiotherapists and occupational therapists, specialising in patient assessment and recovery, including supporting our patients to remain in, or return to work.

We are based at Florence Nightingale Community Hospital on Level 3, and have a dedicated gym area for Group Rehabilitation, heavy workshop for Vocational Rehabilitation, as well as individual cubicles to support conditions and patient needs. We work closely with orthopaedic consultants, as well as GPs, to care for our patients.

How to refer


We take a mixture of GP, consultant and staff referrals. If you are a GP, please refer through the Choose and Book system. We will accept written referrals from consultants inside and outside of UHDB, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and staff referrals from Occupational Health.

To refer into Musculoskeletal Therapy please write to:

Musculoskeletal Therapy
Level 3
Florence Nightingale Community Hospital

or email referrals to  dhft.physioreferrals@nhs.net.


Getubetter

Getubetter has been designed to support patients who are waiting for an appointment, recovering from surgery, or managing an ongoing musculoskeletal injury or condition.

Download the Getubetter app > on your mobile device and register, to access a variety of support tools, including symptom checking, videos, exercises, and much more.

Please note, this is only available to Derbyshire patients.

In this section

  1. Group Rehabilitation
  2. Spinal pain
  3. Lower Limb Therapy
  4. Upper limb therapy
  5. Occupational and vocational rehabilitation
  6. Escape pain programme
  7. Hydrotherapy
  8. Facial palsy
  9. Returning to work with persisting coronavirus (Covid-19) symptoms
  10. Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ)