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.

Antrim and Ballymena

• Braid Valley Care Complex, 86 Cushendall Road, BT43 6HL
• Fern House, Antrim Area Hospital. Bush Road, Antrim, BT41 2RL

Causeway area

• Dalriada Hospital, 1A Coleraine Road, Ballycastle, BT54 6EY
• Fort Centre, Mountfern, 8 Rugby Avenue, Coleraine, BT52 1JL
• Robinson Hospital, 23 Newal Road, Ballymoney, BT53 6HB

East Antrim

• Moyle Hospital, Gloucester Avenue, Larne, BT40 1RP
• Whiteabbey Hospital, Doagh Road, Newtownabbey, BT37 9RH

Mid Ulster

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

How to contact us

Physiotherapy Central Booking

Robinson Memorial Hospital, Ballymoney

• Telephone: 028 2766 0328

Opening hours

Monday to Friday. 8:30am to 5:00pm

How to access the service

You can be referred to the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapy Service by your GP, consultant or an allied health professional. You can also self-refer without needing to see a healthcare professional first.

Referrals and appointments are managed through a central booking system at Robinson Hospital, Ballymoney. If the line is busy and you are asked to leave a voicemail, please leave your name, date of birth and contact telephone number, and a member of the team will get back to you.

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.