• An overarching aim is to provide patients with the benefit of extensive clinical and academic musculoskeletal (MSK) expertise, empathy and professionalism in a relaxed office practice environment. Ample time is allowed in order to thoroughly review, investigate and understand your clinical presentation, including any imaging or tests, and to conduct an appropriate clinical examination or to implement treatment.

• A second opinion. From a consulting perspective, Dr McGrath is pleased to offer review or a second opinion regarding treatment that you may be undertaking, or considering undertaking. Evidence informs that prolonged MSK treatment or 'over-servicing', are not associated with enhanced outcomes.

• Best practice not usual practice - there is no 'one-size fits all' approach, technique, exercise or device. Your care is specific, tailored and managed in a consultative manner. Evidence-informed and experience-informed care for MSK pain presentations remain a cornerstone of collaborative, patient centred healthcare practice.

• The key goals of pain relief and effective self-management, reduced pain related distress and reduced pain related interference.

• Recovery before rehabilitation - often inadequate recovery and premature rehabilitation aggravate and perpetuate pain and dysfunction or may even delay accurate diagnosis. This may turn an undiagnosed problem, or a possibly resolving condition into a chronic presentation.

• Specialised interest in a wide number of MSK conditions, in addition to Occupational Health MSK issues, informs your care. For example, non-specific low back pain and neck pain, pregnancy related pelvic pain, 'sacroiliac joint pain', discogenic back pain, period pain (dysmenorrhoea), and 'trochanteric' lateral hip pain; all these including headache, age related joint and muscle pain, shoulder-neck-arm pain are common presentations seen.

• Expert 'hands on' diagnosis and practice may add considerable therapeutic value to routine 'physio', 'chiro', 'osteo', or 'massage' approaches or the more remote approaches of ultra-sound, interferential, shock-wave therapy, acupuncture needling, and exercise.

• Dr McGrath does not treat neonates, babies or young children or take ACC patients, although he may provide individual case review, information, reassurance and referral as requested.

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