This book provides short chapters with key learning points from experts within the area, about musculoskeletal conditions in patients with obesity. Each chapter will be structured in two parts: (a) the increasing musculoskeletal conditions caused by the obesity and (b) the difficulty of treating the musculoskeletal conditions in the presence of obesity.

It is aimed at a multidisciplinary readership including clinicians, physiotherapists, rehabilitation specialists, general practitioners and sports physicians, and other allied health professionals involved in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.