When you attend your clinic appointment to see the Specialist Clinician you may be given a selection of leaflets about your condition to read. Please select the correct body part to find the appropriate leaflet.
You will also find our Virtual/Fracture Clinic leaflets for self-management which will be posted out to you following attendance at A&E and assessment by our Orthopaedic Specialist Clinicians.
Select the body part below for further information.
Knee
Pre-Surgery General Information
- Knee Osteoarthritis
- Managing a Painful Knee
- Knee Meniscal Cartilage Injury
- Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Post Surgery Information
Additional / External Resources
- Osteoarthritis of the knee
- Acute Knee Exercise Booklet
- Full ACL reconstruction rehabilitation programme (opens on a new page – Non-NHS site*)
NOTE: *your physiotherapist will provide you with a password in order to access this programme.
Knee Exercise Videos
Hip
Pre-Surgery General Information
- Total Hip Replacement Information
- Osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip
- Corticosteroid Injection
Foot & Ankle
Pre-Surgery General Information
- Big Toe Conditions
- Preparing for Foot & Ankle Surgery
- Corticosteroid Injections
Shoulder
Pre-Surgery General Information
Elbow
Pre-Surgery General Information
- Tennis Elbow
- Elbow Exercises for Stiffness
- Olecranon Bursitis
- Corticosteroid Injection
Post-Surgery Information
Hand & Wrist
Pre-Surgery
- Thumb Osteoarthritis Information
- Ganglion Cyst Information
- Mucoid Cyst Information
- Dupuytren’s Information
- De Quervain’s Information
- Carpal Tunnel Information
- Trigger Finger Information
- Corticosteroid Injection
Post Surgery
Virtual/Fracture Clinic
Note: Patients are not expected to attend Virtual Clinic appointments.
The Orthopaedic Consultant and Nurse will look at your notes and x-ray(s) and contact you with advice. This might be an appointment to come to the clinic or phone advice and discharge with the option to call back anytime for further advice or an appointment.
It is helpful if you give the staff in the Emergency Department your most up-to-date phone number and remember the call may come from a 0800 number.
Following assessment you may be sent a letter with one of the following leaflets:
- Shoulder Active Assisted Exercises
- Shoulder Pendulum Exercises
- Clavicle Fracture
- Ankle and Foot Injuries
- Isolated Weber A – Stable Ankle Fracture
- Mallet Finger complete
- Metacarpal Fracture Discharge Advice
- Metatarsal and Phalangeal Fractures
- Radial Head Fracture
- (Child’s) Torus Discharge Advice
- Volar Plate Leaflet