Spinal pain is my forte, as I feel it is this area that Pain Consultants have the most to offer with a series of proven effective treatments for certain conditions. This includes neck pain, low back pain, sacro-iliac pain, and sciatica. In many cases patients are managed jointly with Neurosurgeons or Sports medicine specialists. This shared care has many advantages to the patient and the doctor, a better overview of the condition can be achieved, and a realistic plan of management can be made.
Often injections treatments are used in place of surgery, or when surgery is not considered favourable. Keeping patients under a wider team achieves better results for the patient.
This team approach hinges around our MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team), this comprises
Neurosurgeons, Pain doctors, Sport medicine doctors, and Neuro-radiologists. We meet every fortnight to discuss clinical cases confidentially to seek advice and plan management. This set up is rare in the Private sector, and at the time of writing is the only such set up outside of London. I expect in the future it will become a standard way of working.

For many years I have worked closely with the leading Neurosurgeons in Manchester, including Professor Andrew King, Mr Scott Rutherford, Mr John Leach, Mr Ankur Saxena, Mr Vivek Josan, and Professor Omar Pathmanaban.