Post-op Rehab and MSK Injury management

​Please find below some information to help support and guide patients during their rehab journey after surgical management or for conservative management after injury:

Spine, neck and Head

• Best Practice Statement for Lumbar Decompression.pdf

Shoulder

• Anterior Shoulder Guidelines June 2021.pdf
• Proximal Humeral Fractures Sept 2024.pdf
• Rotator Cuff Repair March 2020.pdf
• Shoulder replacement guidelines 2026.pdf
• Shoulder Distension Arthrogram 2026.pdf

Elbow

• Tennis Elbow Guidelines .pdf
• Total Elbow Replacement 2020.pdf

Hip

• Hip Arthroscopy Guidelines 2023.pdf
• Total hip replacement Guideline Nov 2020.pdf

Knee

• ACLR-2024-July-V5.pdf
• Multiple Knee Ligament Reconstruction July 2020.pdf
• Total Knee Replacement.pdf
• Meniscal-surgery-of-the-knee-Initial-phase-post-op-instructions.pdf
• Medial Patello-Femoral Ligament Guidelines pdf
• Mosaicplasty-Guideline-2024-002.pdf
• Patellar Realignment 2025.pdf
• PCL Reconstruction June 2020.pdf

Hip/knee arthroplasty post-op Rehabilitation

• Hip & Knee Arthroplasty Post Operative Care & Rehabilitation Best Practice

Ankle

• Referral-and-triage-guidance-Sept-2022-1.0-1.pdf
• Achilles Tendon conservative management guidelines Dec 2020.pdf
• Achilles Tendon surgical repair ortho guidelines
• Lateral Ligament Repair Reconstruction 2025.pdf
• Ankle Arthroscopy Guidelines 2026.pdf
• Total Ankle Replacement Guidelines.pdf
  

Other

• DRAM Lothian Physiotherapy Guidelines 
• Lower Limb Tendinopathy
• MSK Outpatient Only NHSL Abbreviations 2024.pdf