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We identified 11 common recommendations to deliver best care for musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. 1 Recommendation 1, that MSK pain care is patient centred, is the cornerstone for best care. Yet patient-centred care is often undervalued, under-recognised, undertrained and considered less important than technical skills/knowledge. Greater attention to patient-centredness improves patient and practitioner outcomes and reduces costs. 2 3 A paradigm shift is needed in which patientcentred skills are learnt with the same rigour as technical skills (eg, patient physical examination procedures). However, clinicians and high-performance professionals are often unsure of how the patient centredness of their practice can be improved. The simplest step is for clinicians to improve the effectiveness of their communication. pAtIent-CentReD CARe Is bAseD on eFFeCtIVe CommunICAtIon

Patient-centred care incorporates each …