Dr Adam Wells
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Few spinal conditions create as much anxiety as being told you have a “disc prolapse” or a “slipped disc”. Many patients understandably imagine that surgery will inevitably be required, particularly if the pain is severe. Fortunately, that is usually not the case. A lumbar disc prolapse occurs when part of the intervertebral disc protrudes backwards and irritates or compresses one or more of the spinal nerves. This commonly causes sciatica — pain radiating down the leg — and

Back pain and neck pain are extremely common problems, and many people are worried that surgery may ultimately be required. One of the most frequent things I hear from patients at their first consultation is: “I really don’t want an operation”. The good news is that the majority of spinal conditions do not require surgery at all, and many patients improve with time, physiotherapy, activity modification, or other conservative treatments. So when is spinal surgery actually nece

It’s something that I hear frequently: “I’m too old to have an operation!” But is this statement really true? How old is too old for...

You may have noticed that many surgeons use the title “Mr” rather than “Dr”, even though all surgeons are qualified medical doctors with...