Articles in ‘Spinal Injury’ Category

Spinal surgery is a very complicated area of medical practice. Despite studies demonstrating the success rates of surgical treatment, in some circumstances patients can still feel pain after undergoing surgery. Post-operative pain is sometimes…

If you or someone close to you has undergone (or is soon to be undergoing) spinal surgery, you will likely be aware of the level of risk. However, surgeons have ways to mitigate this…

In a recent article, Simon Elliman explored the new treatment pathway for Cauda Equina Syndrome (‘CES’), delivered as part of the NHS’s ‘Getting in Right First Time’ initiative. There appears to be a consensus…

By Abigail Ringer and Tim Theologis (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and Associate Professor at the University of Oxford). Surgical treatment of the spine, whether that is to treat curvature of the spine or to carry…

By Maggie Sargent – Director of Community Case Management Services (CCMS) Looking back over the last 12 years, I have taken people who were travelling in a wheelchair on over 20 holidays and have…

  Riding horses can be one the most exciting things we ever do. It can also be one of the most dangerous. Anyone who knows horses will understand that a horse can spook, kick,…

This feature comes at a very opportune moment, with the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) having recently launched its “Strategy 2030”, designed to guide and steer everything they do over the next seven years. Quoting…