A patient who had been bedbound for a month shared how repeated narrow assessments failed to find answers — until a whole-person clinical review revealed the underlying pattern and led to an effective treatment plan. This blog explores why joining the dots is essential when symptoms don’t fit neatly into a single box.

Dr Singh highlights a family’s experience regarding the challenges of diagnosing and managing complex undifferentiated inflammatory disease in their relative.

A patient story of joint pain and swelling that wasn’t just ‘wear and tear’ - cardinal symptoms and signs of inflammatory joint disease and when to seek a specialist opinion.

Osteoarthritis is far more complex than simple “wear and tear.” Modern science shows it involves joint inflammation, cartilage biology, bone changes and soft-tissue involvement. In this article, Dr Singh explains the real mechanisms behind osteoarthritis and shares how targeted diagnosis and treatments — including injections — can rapidly restore mobility, as experienced by a recent patient.

Learn how immunotherapy can cause joint or muscle inflammation and how Dr Animesh Singh helps patients manage immune-related rheumatology side effects.

For patients new to the UK healthcare system, navigating diagnosis and treatment can be daunting. In this story, Dr Singh’s clarity, responsiveness and compassion helped one patient find direction, understanding and confidence while establishing care in a new country.

When symptoms persist and you are struggling to get help, many people start to wonder whether it’s worth booking a private consultation. The idea of “going private” can sound expensive or unnecessary — but in rheumatology, one focused assessment can often make all the difference. In this article, Dr Singh highlights how one appointment gave a patient an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan.

If hip pain is stopping you from living life fully, don’t assume you just have to put up with it. The right assessment and treatment can make all the difference.

If you’re worried about bone health, remember that osteoporosis is not the end of the story — with the right guidance and treatment, you can take steps to protect your future mobility and independence.

Living with psoriatic arthritis can be frustrating — not only because of the pain, stiffness, and unpredictability of symptoms, but also because the treatment journey often feels overwhelming. Some patients have told me that past consultations felt rushed, or that medication was prescribed without much discussion.

Sometimes patients come to me after seeing several doctors but still don’t have an answer.

When you are living with pain every day, even the simplest tasks can feel overwhelming.

Gout is sometimes misunderstood as a condition of the past, or one linked only to diet and lifestyle.