I see many patients with neck pain at the Broadgate Spine & Joint Clinic and have found this condition to be one of the most rewarding and successful to treat with acupuncture. I initially make a medical assessment in the traditional way by taking a history and making an examination. I will then decide if Read More

If you have been suffering from back pain, neck pain or spine problems and conservative management has not helped to ease your symptoms, you may need to see a spinal neurosurgeon. Conservative management can include rest, a change in lifestyle, medication, physiotherapy, osteopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic and simply allowing time to heal the problem. If you Read More

Who Needs To See a Spinal Neurosurgeon? The main indication that you need to see a spinal surgeon is if your symptoms have not recovered following “conservative management”. The latter might include time, which is a very powerful healer, rest, lifestyle modification, tablets, and physical therapy such as physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture and Pilates. There Read More

Arthritic conditions that affect the cervical spine can cause terrible neck pain for the sufferer. These conditions are usually either diagnosed as inflammatory or mechanical, with the latter being the more common of the two. Mechanical Causes These arthritic conditions are more common and tend to be caused by a structural dysfunction of the spine, Read More

As with most musculoskeletal problems, the diagnoses of arthritic conditions can be divided into those that are inflammatory and those that are mechanical. Inflammatory causes of neck pain are much less common and include ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, infections and, rarely, malignancies. Mechanical causes are more frequently encountered and are generally due to Read More

The neck encompasses many tissues all of which are neatly held in place by dynamic (muscles and tendons) and passive stabilisers (ligaments and bone).  It is subject to the curvature of the spine below and the position of the head above.

The neck is a very complex part of the body and many people can experience varying degrees of pain in the area. It encompasses a large number of tissues, which are neatly held in place by dynamic and passive stabilisers. The dynamic stabilisers are more commonly known as muscles and tendons and you will know Read More

One of the most common ailments we come across at our clinic is neck pain. These are subdivided in categories depending on the severity and longevity of the condition. It is always very important to ascertain the factors surrounding the onset of symptoms and how the situation has progressed or regressed. Depending on what the Read More

A lot of patients visit our practice with neck pain and these neck problems can be divided into different categories depending on how severe the condition is and how long it is likely to last.

The cervical spine is a finely tuned structure comprised of bones (vertebrae), discs, muscles, nerves, tendons and ligaments.