Category: Treatment

Following Mel Lisney’s article last week regarding Emotional Resilience, Mel now provides us with some practical advice on improving Emotional Resilience. How do we work on our resilience? So, how do we work on...

At the London Pain Clinic we offer outpatient injections under high resolution ultrasound image guidance using the latest clinical technology.  We use long acting local anaesthetic and steroid with or without Botox and other...

Cervical Facet Joints Facet joints are a set of small joints between every two adjacent vertebrae in the spine. Their function is to guide and limit the movement of each spinal segment. Cervical facet...

What is Conservative Management? Conservative Management is the category of treatment which includes all sorts of non-surgical treatment for back pain. Research indicates that almost 90% of patients with lower back pain suffer from...

Biosurgery and Synthetic Viscosupplementation Introduction Natural bio-materials have recently emerged as a major trend in surgical procedures. This is mainly due to their traits of bio-compatibility and their ability to integrate and remodel, with...

A 65 year old lady was reviewed in the Pain Clinic. She had undergone left shoulder hemiarthroplasty 2 years previously following a fall in a restaurant. This operation then needed to be revised. She...

Overview of Different Treatment Modalities Treatment Plan Treatment modalities with effective results for low-back pain are generally divided into two categories: Pharmacologic, including medications such as NSAID. Non-pharmacologic, including exercise, lifestyle changes, alternate therapies...

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Glucosamine and Osteoarthritis Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is an arthritis type that is caused by the breakdown and eventual loss of cartilage of one or more joints. The main areas, which are affected by OA,...

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