Your first contact practitioner will undertake an assessment via telephone or face to face consultation as appropriate. The FCP will provide you with a diagnosis of what is happening and expert advice on how best to manage your condition, for example individualised exercises, education, activity modification and time scales for expected recovery.
Depending on assessment and findings the FCP can refer to specialist services / investigations if necessary. Specialist services may include referrals into orthopaedics, physiotherapy, podiatry, rheumatology, and the pain clinic.