How is long term back pain managed?
As we reach the finale of series two of HCA UK’s ‘Health Fact vs Fiction’ podcast, Anna Richardson gets to the root of back pain and its causes with Mr Chris Chandler from the London Neurosurgery Partnership.
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Episode 19 - Put Your Back Into It
As with many reoccurring physical injuries, it’s impossible for many of us to understand just how debilitating back pain can be until we’ve actually experienced it. Unfortunately, that likelihood is greater than we might expect, with four in every five people estimated to visit their GP about the condition at some stage in our lives.
As Chris tells Anna, whereas some are ‘lucky’ to have a single episode of the injury they can recover from, the domino effect of ongoing back pain can be truly detrimental to one’s lifestyle – and so it’s vitally important to identify different symptoms and causes as early as possible.
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Back pain Fiction
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Mr Chris Chandler
Chris has a BSc in Physiology and obtained his medical degree from the University of London, Westminster Medical School in 1986. His neurosurgical training was at the Atkinson Morley’s Hospital, King’s College Hospital, Frenchay Hospital Bristol and Queens Medical Centre Nottingham.
Chris’ clinical interests are across all aspects of Paediatric Neurosurgery and Neuro-Oncology. This includes the management of brain and spinal cord tumours across all age groups, metastatic brain tumours, epilepsy and hydrocephalus. He is also an expert in degenerative spine disease including the management of back and neck pain, arm pain and sciatica.




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