About the Practice
When the issue is pain, limping or injury, knowing the Edinburgh MSK route can help parents avoid chasing the wrong service. NHS Lothian Paediatric Physiotherapy MSK Self-Referral helps Edinburgh families understand what physical support their child needs and what can change at home, school, clinic or hospital. The focus is practical progress: better movement, safer confidence, clearer exercises and less fear around the next step.

Clinical Expertise
Musculoskeletal pain, injury and movement concerns by self-referral criteria

MSK assessment, advice and recovery planning

Gait, injury, pain and MSK rehabilitation

Why Work With Us?
NHS Lothian MSK Route: Parents get a clearer route through movement, development or rehabilitation concerns, with the right level of paediatric physiotherapy input for the child in front of them.

Self-Referral Clarity: Support looks beyond a single exercise sheet and connects therapy with the places where your child actually has to move, play, learn and recover.

Edinburgh and Lothian Access: Edinburgh, East and Mid Lothian NHS route options help families across Edinburgh, Morningside, Stockbridge, Leith, Portobello, Musselburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian choose a pathway that fits the child, the timetable and the level of clinical need.