Pure Physiotherapy

Thumb Arthritis: What Works and When?

Join Esther Marchant and Zafar Naqui for an interactive, case-based webinar exploring practical approaches to thumb arthritis.

This session will help you:
✔️ Strengthen your clinical reasoning
✔️ Improve confidence when assessing thumb arthritis
✔️ Explore evidence-based management strategies
✔️ Learn from practical case discussions and expert insights
✔️ Support informed clinical decision-making

Designed for FCPs, physiotherapists, GPs and other MSK healthcare professionals, this webinar is an opportunity to build your knowledge and explore approaches you can apply in clinical practice.

👉 Secure your place now: zoom.us/webinar/regist…
📅 Date: 18th November
⏰ Time: 19:00

⏳ Just TWO WEEKS to go until our FREE November CPD webinar!

Thumb Arthritis: What Works and When?

How can we improve diagnostic confidence and make informed management decisions for patients presenting with thumb arthritis?

Join Esther Marchant and Zafar Naqui for an interactive session combining practical case discussions with expert insights into the assessment and management of thumb arthritis.

In this session, we’ll explore:

🔍 Clinical reasoning and diagnostic confidence
🩺 Approaches to assessing thumb arthritis
📚 Evidence-based management strategies
💡 Applying clinical knowledge to practical cases
🤝 Supporting effective, informed patient care

Whether you're an FCP, physiotherapist, GP or another healthcare professional working in MSK care, this webinar will provide clinically relevant insights to support your everyday practice.

📅 Date: 18th November
⏰ Time: 19:00
🎟️ Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Our North West FCP team have only gone and done it again.

We’re finalists in the MSK Awards 2026 for the MSK Service of the Year Award category.

This category celebrates services delivering outstanding, patient-centred care through quality, innovation, accessibility and measurable impact. We’re incredibly proud to see our team’s hard work recognised.

We’re looking forward to the ceremony and celebrating alongside our fellow finalists: Teesside Centre of Health and Performance, Ravenscroft Health, CHCP East Riding MSK Team, Pendulum Physiotherapy and Northern Lincolnshire MSK & Pain Service.

Massive congratulations to everyone nominated!

Best of luck and see you there!

It's amazing what a little bit of support and encouragement can do, and it really makes a difference when someone takes the time to simply listen.

Our Health Coaches have been hard at work helping our patients feel more confident in managing their health; whether that's finding the confidence to try something new, making healthier choices, or taking the time to focus on their own needs.

This personalised care results in long-lasting behavioural change, improved resilience, and more independent living: lnkd.in/eHEe7vvB

Big well done to John Feek, Bradley Lyman and Catherine Scott for this lovely feedback 🤗

Sometimes, recognising what doesn't fit is just as important as identifying what does...

In this case, an FCP's thorough assessment identified a painful, firm, non-reducible groin lump with skin discolouration, raising concerns about a potentially serious underlying condition.

By recognising these red flags and escalating concerns urgently, the FCP helped ensure the patient received same-day emergency assessment. A strangulated inguinal hernia was confirmed, and urgent surgery followed to prevent further complications.

This case highlights the vital role FCPs play in recognising serious conditions, using clinical reasoning to look beyond the presenting symptoms and ensuring patients reach the right care at the right time.

Read the full case study to explore the assessment, clinical reasoning, and how early escalation supported the patient's journey: pureunityhealth.co.uk/resources/case…

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