MUSCULOSKELETAL MEDICINE AND Our FOUNDATION
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders cause significant pain and loss of function for 1 in 4 people in our communities around New Zealand.
Musculoskeletal Medicine
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Musculoskeletal medicine is a specialist branch of medicine recognised by the New Zealand Medical Council to manage and treat musculoskeletal disorders.
Our Mission
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Our Mission
TMMF aims to promote and fund high quality musculoskeletal medicine education in New Zealand; inform New Zealanders about musculoskeletal medicine and fund and promote evidence-based research into musculoskeletal pain and related conditions and the treatment of those conditions.
Our PURPOSE
TMMF is a charitable trust focused on improving education and research in the field of Musculoskeletal Medicine.
We aim to provide better and more accessible health services for sufferers of musculoskeletal disorders in New Zealand so as to reduce the burden of chronic pain.
Our focused funding areas
- Promotion of musculoskeletal medicine education in New Zealand by making scholarships available to eligible medical doctors wishing to study and train as musculoskeletal medicine specialists
- Funding musculoskeletal medicine services to give trainees the experience and supervision required to enter this specialty and deliver more musculoskeletal medicine services in New Zealand
- Seeking appropriate opportunities to fund and promote evidence-based research in the specialty of musculoskeletal medicine in New Zealand.