Promotion of Self management

Submitted on behalf of Hannah Mills - Advanced Physiotherapy 

As you are aware, as a health service we try to facilitate patients to independently manage their long term conditions. In the MSK service this is most likely to be the management of OA. Traditionally we, as clinicians, have been a little unsuccessful with that. Not having an option to treat has led to us being better at promoting self management - and maybe patients better at accepting it! Something, that I would like to see physiotherapy continue to build on. 

 Digital self management - I am aware that there are many apps in development to help facilitate this, also.