What’s involved in a muscoskeletal assessment??

[Inbedbynine]

After year of pain every day my gp has agreed to send me for a MSK assessment. Gp has already decided it’s fibro and says I can get pain killers. Trouble is I don’t want pain killers, I just mainly want to know what’s wrong with me. I’m awaiting the assessment but wondered what is involved? Is it going to be a case of standing in my pants and bra reaching for my toes type assessment?

Tia

After years plural!

I’m watching with interest. You sound like me.

I went a few years ago to be assessed by a rheumatologist for fibromyalgia and it was mainly being asked questions about what I could physically do, as well as standing and the consultant asking me to move in certain ways and prodding various areas to assess pain.

Thanks for replying. Iv literally been in pain all my adult life since a minor car accident about 20 years ago. Had the dc in my 20’s quote close together and my body was in constant pain, my back and my pelvis. (I had spd) I know that isn’t unusual but it just got work. Iv been through some pretty horrific ordeals over the last few years and the doctor is happy to blame that on my pain, hence why he just says it’s fibro. I’m obly 38 but feel like an old lady. I used to do Pilates but stopped as to do the higher level to actually work my core it killed my back. I do yoga which helps keeps things moving and see a chiro every 6 weeks. I can’t stand watching my dc play football for one hour as my lower back is in agony and just ceases up. Driving hurts. I like to curl my legs under me on the sofa but can’t do that anymore, I have to sit with my legs straight out on a stool.

I get lots of random pains in my hands and my legs etc but I can deal with them as they are quite minor but my back, pelvis and neck just hurt every day. I have arthritis in my little finger, tendinitis in the palm of my hands which just comes and goes and I’m now developing wierd pain above my knee caps!!

@inbed, my heart goes out to you. Please get this sorted. Change gp if you must. I had a minor road traffic accident aged 36. I started with neck pain. I have spent the past 20 years in varying degrees of agony. Now, my gp has taken me off Naproxen and has said at my age, it’s to be expected. It has made an old lady of me.

Should add... I have pain in my hips, pelvis, lumbar spine, cervical spine, elbows, wrists and feet. My knees are presently unaffected. I have to get on with all I need to do but I wish I could take even half the pain away. Have just spent a small fortune on a new mattress. God knows if it’ll help.

I just want to know what’s wrong. My backs agony now, have been to work but I only work part time at a desk and I do get up and down often. Drive to ands from school and it’s awful. No idea how I’m going to be able to cope with dc football tonight