Back and neck
Suffering through a neck or back injury can be a very concerning time. From treatment through to full recovery and beyond, we will help you get you back to living the life you love.
A physiotherapist
can often prescribe a series of remedial exercises or provide hands-on treatment to help mitigate and treat
back and neck pain. For serious cases, there are a number of surgery options
available (spine fusion for instance), as well as treatments for spinal stenosis and disc prolapse.
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Symptoms
Whatever your symptoms you should see your GP for a proper diagnosis. Some common symptoms:
- Spinal pain
- Neuropathic Pain (Nerve Pain)
- Difficulty swallowing (Dysphagia)
- Neck lumps
- Neck pain
- Numbness
- Pins and needles
Conditions
Some common conditions and diseases that could match your symptoms:
- Sciatica
- Spinal injury
- Spinal stenosis
- Cervical Spondylitis
- Arthritis
- Chiari malformation
- Chronic pain
- Disc prolapse
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Inflammatory spondylarthropathy
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporotic vertebral fractures
- Spinal aneurysms
- Spinal tumours
- Syringomyelia
- Whiplash associated disorder
Tests and scans
We offer a range of tests and scans to help understand your needs. Some key tests and scans include:
- CT scan (or CAT scan)
- X-ray
- MRI scan
- Blood test
- Fine needle biopsy
- Image guided aspiration and biopsy
- Return to work assessments
Treatments
Getting treated as soon as possible can be easy. Some key treatments and procedures include:
- Spinal (lumbar) Decompression
- Lumbar discectomy
- Acupuncture
- Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion
- Cervical Disc Replacement
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Facet joint injections
- Image guided injections
- Kyphoplasty
- Laminectomy
- Nerve blocks
- Nerve surgery
- Pain clinic
- Sacroiliac joint injections
- Skull base surgery
- Spinal anaesthetic
- Spinal fusion surgery
- Parotid surgery
- Parotid gland removal (parotidectomy)
- Pituitary surgery
- Thyroidectomy (Thyroid surgery)