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Treatment
Musculoskeletal medicine is a medical discipline that deals with pain and disordered function of the muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments, nerves and associated tissues.
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Mobilisation and Manipulation
Musculoskeletal practitioners may use mobilisation or manipulation to help with pain and improved range of movement.
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Prolotherapy
Prolotherapy is a safe, effective injection treatment which provides increased strength in joints, ligaments and tendons by making new connective tissue.
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Exercises
Exercise keeps cartilage, bone, and muscles strong by continually remodeling and building structure.
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Perineural Injection Therapy
In Neural Prolotherapy, the subcutaneous (under the skin) nerves are recognised as a source of pathology.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT is a method of pain management used by many musculoskeletal medicine practitioners.
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Trigger Points
A trigger point is a portion of the muscle that has become a source of pain and spasm.
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Joint injections
Joint injections can be an effective way of treating some disorders of joints and ligaments that are caused by inflammation such as osteoarthritis, inflammatory arthritis (eg: gout), and shoulder or hip bursitis.
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Neural Therapy
Neural therapy is a German technique involving the injection of local anesthetics into scars, based on the theory that scars can produce long-standing pain and malfunction.
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Nerve Blocks
When discs or osteoarthritic facet joints press on a spinal nerve as it emerges from the spine, the nerve is irritated and swells up causing severe pain that is usually felt down the buttock or leg (sciatica).
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Acupuncture
For more detail on acupuncture see the website of the Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association
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