Mr X is a 36 year old accountant who first presented in June 2016 after experiencing significant low back pain, especially when sitting at work. He also experienced pins and needles, numbness and weakness down the left leg. He has had symptoms over four years with an episode every six months. He attends the chiropractor and…
This is a patient I reviewed yesterday. The first scan shows a disc prolapse sustained in 2006 when the patient was 27 years old. It is a little difficult to see as this is an old scan however the disc height at L5/S1 is preserved but there is a disc prolapse. Have a look at…
In the lower back discs undergo changes once they sustain damage. Following early injuries to the disc such as annular tears, people can develop disc prolapse, disc dehydration and subsequent narrowing over years and decades. When seeing patients and viewing thousands of MRI scans and x rays over three decades the pattern emerges quite clearly. Fully…
Is disc narrowing a source of low back pain? There is a misconception that disc narrowing is not a potential source of low back or neck pain. This may be partly due to studies that show some people with disc narrowing have no low back pain. Any structure with a nerve supply is a potential…
A Wellington doctor is hoping to prove a controversial therapy as a solution to back pain.Source: 1 NEWS
The next time you message a friend on your phone or crane your neck to look at your computer screen while at work
Research into bad posture has found that technology is causing major health issues
A Wellington musculoskeletal and pain management practice has experienced to a new site opposite the Beehive
A Wellington musculoskeletal and pain management practice has experienced to a new site opposite the Beehive
Patient are faced with difficult decisions when it comes to spinal pain. The choices can often be injections into the
A new charity will next year start funding
Bikram Yoga, Wellington and the NZ Pain Foundation are pleased to accounce a seminar to be held at the Bikram
To book for any of seminars please ring 0800 663 463 or email anatoa.tekira@arthritis.org.nz
Katrina Jefferies went to see Dr Kranji in May 2011, suffering from migraine and neck pain. Her pain developed
Chronic pain doesn’t kill, it condemns sufferers to a living hell. Specialist Giresh Kanji has helped hundreds of
Every day hundreds of people suffer from aches and pains without ever really knowing their cause. Dr Gerish Kanji
Every day hundreds of people suffer from aches and pains without ever really knowing their cause. Dr Gerish Kanji
Every day hundreds of people suffer from aches and pains without ever really knowing their cause. Dr Gerish Kanji
In a perverse way, Jack Sagato Brown could thank ACC for scrapping his entitlement after 16 years.