Publications

The Musculoskeletal Practitioner's Handbook

Written by Dr Giles Hazan and Dr Jonathan Kenyon, The Musculoskeletal Practitioner’s Handbook provides a practical, day-to-day reference guide to assist clinicians in assessing and managing the most common musculoskeletal problems they encounter in their practice.

Written by a GP with an extended role in msk medicine and an advanced practice physiotherapist and informed by their combined years of clinical experience, it provides an overview of pathology and guides the reader through assessment, examination, tests and scans, and management.

Easy to follow and use as well as comprehensively referenced and evidence-based, this title will prove indispensable for clinicians across disciplinary boundaries, from First Contact Practitioners and GPs to physiotherapists, nurses and paramedics.

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The MSK Practitioner's Handbook in a nutshell

Designed to support evidence-based clinical reasoning and decision making
Easy to reference summaries of the most common musculoskeletal pathologies encountered in practice
Descriptions of diagnostic scans and tests, what they are and when they’re used
Detailed sections on relevant anatomy and nerve pathways
Principles of management of both regional and systemic musculoskeletal disorders
Detailed descriptions of the most common medications used to treat pain
Information on blood tests with a quick reference guide to their interpretation
A wealth of quick reference appendices for use in every day practice

Reviews of The Musculoskeletal Practitioner's Handbook

“If you work in the world of musculoskeletal (MSK) assessment and treatment, you should buy this book! Only rarely does a textbook live up to the title the authors gave it, but this really is an essential guide for clinical practice. There is so much information packed into this handily-sized book that is formatted in an easily accessible format. Indeed, it appears to contain just about all the important assessment, diagnostic and management knowledge that practitioners need in their everyday clinical work.”

I work as a community physiotherapist and spend a lot of time alone so need to quickly identify red flags, diagnose and know when to request onward referrals. I found this book covers many of the most common diagnoses, has really helpful assessments, clear anatomy sections and useful tables that I can, if needed, refer back to. I would highly recommend for anyone in msk and or community setting who may see a variety of patients.

This is such a useful book to have in your bag when at work for those moments when you want evidence based reliable information about everything and anything that might walk through your door in clinical practice. From differential diagnosis to diagnostic criteria’s, I certainly don’t leave home without it now!

Fantastic handbook for MSK clinicians. Hopefully another edition will follow with less common conditions, but this is a fantastic resource for most things you will see in clinic.

'The Musculoskeletal Practitioner's Handbook' is available at all good outlets

Other publications

Petty’s Principles of Musculoskeletal Treatment and Management, Fourth Edition

Noblet, T., Low, M., Hazan, G., Advancing Practice, Chapter 12

” I was honoured to be asked to contribute to a chapter on advanced practice which gave me an opportunity to explore cases that cross between boundaries of traditional medical and physiotherapy specialities.”

‘Petty’s Principles of Musculoskeletal Treatment and Management’ is available on Amazon now.

Into the liminal zone: an opioid experience.

Hazan, G., 2022. Into the liminal zone: an opioid experience. British Journal of General Practice, 72(714), pp.28-28.

“I woke to find myself stuck somewhere between sleep and wakefulness, a liminal zone, a threshold between dream and reality. Drifting in and out of consciousness, my dreams came with me, events and people on the ward merged into a hallucinogenic thriller where events in the present affected not only the future but also the past. With hindsight, my choice of watching the film Tenet the night before going in for brain surgery, with its themes of time travel and a race to avert international disaster, may not have been ideal…”