Devon Rheumatology

How can I help you?

 

I can assess your symptoms and make a diagnosis

 

I can prescribe appropriate medications to control or cure your symptoms

 

I can give you appropriate advice (including written advice) regarding your condition to aid treatment and ease or settle your symptoms

 

I can inject any joints that require injection to ease your joint pain and /or swelling.

What to expect in a consultation?

   

I will listen to your symptoms, ask some additional questions, examine you and then discuss the diagnosis, investigation and treatment plan.

 

Regarding the examination, I will need to examine all of the joint areas giving you pain, stiffness, tenderness or are swollen.

 

I may need to examine your heart, lungs, abdomen or neurological system. 

I treat the following diseases:

• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Osteoarthritis

• Reactive Arthritis

• Psoriatic Arthritis

• Scleroderma

• Sjogren's Syndrome

• Myositis (including Polymyositis or Dermatomyositis)

• Osteoporosis

• Fibromyalgia

• Soft Tissue Rheumatism

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Tennis Elbow

• Golfer's Elbow

• Plantar Fascitis

• Achilles Tendinitis

• Back or Neck pain

• Vertebral Disc Prolapse

• Shoulder Pain

• Ankylosing Spondylitis (including when associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease)

• Gout (often of the big toe) & Pseudo Gout (often of the knee or wrist)

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosis (also called SLE or Lupus)

 

There are at least 200 differant conditions that can cause joint systems.

Referrals:

 

I accept referrals from:

• General Practitioners

• Other Consultants

• Other professionals such as Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Chiropractors and Ostoepaths

 

I accept private patients (self‐pay) and those referred via insurance companies

 

I do not undertake medico‐legal work 

Symptoms I treat: 

 

• Joint pain

• Joint stiffness

• Joint swelling

• Back. Neck pain +/- stiffness

• Muscle pain +/- stiffness

• Sciatica or shooting or burning pains down arms or legs

• Pins and needles (or numbness) in hands / fingers or feet

• Fatigue with muscle / joint tenderness, poor sleep and exhaustion

• High levels of inflammation and immune activity

• Headache with scalp tenderness (associated with fatigue, muscle aching and stiffness)

• Back pain related to osteoporosis and fractures

Cost

 

I will send you a list of all my consultation fees, consultation times and directions to my private rooms prior to your appointment