- It is the medical specialty that treats inflammatory and degenerative diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
- These are due to dysfunctions of the immune system (autoimmune diseases and autoinflammatory), loss of articular cartilage (osteoarthritis) or bone mass (osteoporosis) and traumatic inflammation of the axial skeleton and soft tissues (lumbago, painful shoulder…).
- They affect both joints , such as bone, muscle, tendons and sometimes even other organs (kidney, lung…).
Their treatment is individualized and sometimes complex.
