Post Stroke Shoulder Pain Clinic
Referral process
Referrals are accepted from a GP or Healthcare professional. Referrals should be directed to teh National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery addressed to William Goodison at the Upper Limb program. Self referrals will not be accepted.
GPs can refer via the NHS electronic referral system using the following information
Hospital: UCLH
Speciality – Rehabilitation
Service – Multidisciplinary Neuro-rehabilitation for the Upper Limb Clinic – NHNN – Queen Square- RRV
Clinic Type – Neuro-rehabilitation
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Explain your services
The post stroke shoulder pain services sit within the Queen Square Upper Limb rehabilitation program. It manages shoulder pain secondary to neurological conditions. Whilst primarily this is stroke, this service will also see patients with neurological impairments secondary to traumatic brain injury, acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury and any other neurological condition that causes weakness and shoulder pain. The clinic is multidisciplinary and provides patients with assessment, intervention and rehabilitation of their shoulder pain at the first assessment.
Interventions include management of intra-articular pain with steroid and anaesthetic injections. The clinic also manages shoulder pain related to spasticity (with botulinum toxin injections) and neuropathic pain.