A 65yr old female patient presented with severe left sided neck pain just below the skull. The pain had come on some years earlier but…
Dr Timothy SteelNovember 6, 2018
Why “No Pain, No Gain” Can Harm As You Age
The idea of lose it or use it when it comes to exercise is a little bit inappropriate. As a…
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A 19-year-old construction worker was brought into hospital having been found unconscious at the bottom of a stairwell at work. He had been unconscious for…
Dr Timothy SteelNovember 6, 2018
A common story - severe arm pain from a cervical disc protrusion. This patient had right arm symptoms, and an MRI showed a right-sided C5-6…
Dr Timothy SteelOctober 30, 2018
Back pain and/or sciatica are painful conditions that affect most people at some point in their lives. Sciatica is caused by nerve root compression/irritation, commonly…
Dr Timothy SteelOctober 30, 2018
This patient with Trigeminal Neuralgia had surgery in 2012 by another surgeon at another institution. Initially, she felt well, but the pain gradually returned over…
Dr Timothy SteelOctober 22, 2018
Introduction 30% of the population will develop significant neck pain. The pain is usually due to a disc herniation. If the disc protrusion is small pain tends to…
Dr Timothy SteelOctober 20, 2018