Musculoskeletal service — Canterbury and West Coast
The Canterbury and West Coast musculoskeletal service is a publicly funded service. It is for patients with non-urgent musculoskeletal conditions that do not require surgery.
Contact us
To contact the Canterbury and West Coast musculoskeletal service:
- phone: 03 364 4189
- email: mskclinic@cdhb.health.nz
Where to find us
The Canterbury and West Coast Musculoskeletal Service is at:
32 Oxford Terrace
PO Box 1600
Christchurch
We run clinics at the 24 hour surgery and the Riccarton Clinic.
Services we provide
Musculoskeletal services focus on problems, including pain, in:
- muscles
- tendons
- ligaments
- joints
- bones.
The exception to this is inflammatory joint disease which is usually dealt with by rheumatologists.
As part of our service, you get:
- a free 30 minute consultation with a registered musculoskeletal specialist at a community clinic
- long term home-based rehabilitation exercises supervised by a physiotherapist.
Referral information
Referrals are accepted for patients who are registered with a medical practice in Canterbury or the West Coast districts.
You must be referred by a healthcare provider, either:
- directly to our service
- to the orthopaedic department of Christchurch Hospital or Te Nīkau, Grey Hospital and Health Centre — the hospital will triage your referral and, if appropriate, refer it on to us.
The service does not cover injury related problems that are funded by ACC.