Musculoskeletal physiotherapy involves the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and long term management of various conditions related to the muscular and skeletal systems.

Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy aims to:

• Relieve or reduce pain symptoms.
• Prescribe exercise to improve flexibility, muscle strength, movement quality, proprioception, coordination & cardiovascular fitness.
• Assist patients to achieve their exercise, occupational or functional goals.
• Provide strategies to best manage long term injuries or conditions.
• Help prevent recurrence of injury.

Where to find us

Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy services are provided in various locations throughout the Northern Health and Social Care Trust.

Fern House, Antrim Area Hospital. Bush Road, Antrim, BT41 2RL

Braid Valley Care Complex, 86 Cushendall Road, BT43 6HL

Dalriada Hospital, 1A Coleraine Road, Ballycastle, BT54 6EY

Fort Centre, Mount Fern, 8 Rugby Avenue, Coleraine, BT52 1JL

Robinson Hospital, 23 Newal Road, Ballymoney, BT53 6HB

Mid Ulster Hospital, 59 Hospital Road, Magherafelt, BT45 5EX

Moyle Hospital, Gloucester Avenue, Larne, BT40 1RP

Whiteabbey Hospital, Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9RH

How to contact us

Physiotherapy Central Booking

Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ballymoney

• Telephone: 028 2766 0328

How to access the service

Referrals to the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy service will be accepted from GPs, consultants and other allied health professionals.

You can also self refer to Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy without having to see another health professional first.

Referrals and appointments for the Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy outpatient service are managed via a central booking system, based in the Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ballymoney.

Our central booking facility can be very busy at times. If you are directed to a leave a voicemail, clearly state your name, date of birth, contact telephone number and someone from the central booking office will get back to you.

The service operates from 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.

First Contact Physiotherapists

First Contact Physiotherapists may be based in your GP practice. They specialise in problems with your joints, muscles, and soft tissues. This includes back pain, neck pain, sore joints, sprains, and strains.

They will listen to your concerns. They can check if anything has changed or if there are new problems.

They will help you stay as active, independent, and well as possible. They can give advice early helping to stop symptoms from getting worse.

If you need more treatment, they can refer you to physiotherapy services or advise on services you can contact yourself.

For more information, please visit the Northern GP Federation website.