There is evidence within the literature suggesting that patient preferences can be a significant predictor of outcome measures within healthcare. This includes the patients’ preferred methods for treating and assessing their medical conditions. We can also see the impact of demographic information on patient preference as well as suggestions that condition type may also be a predictor. To understand these relationships further in the context of musculoskeletal conditions a questionnaire was completed by 303 participants establishing their age, sex, and treatment/assessment preferences for 3 different musculoskeletal conditions including a degenerative, traumatic and overuse injury type. This research aims to guide practitioners in their patient centred care approach by providing advice and guidance on how and why patients may choose to prefer different treatment or assessment methods. Overall condition type provided limited impact upon how patients selected their preferred methods appearing to impact only upon participants first choice for assessment; sex was seen to influence participants preferred treatment methods; and age group appeared to impact participant preferences for both assessment and treatment type.