Symptoms: Back pain warning signs
- Pain radiating into both legs
- Numbness and/or weakness in your legs
- Disturbance of your bladder and bowels
- Back pain after a fall
- Numbness around your bottom
- Unexplained weight loss
- Sweating at night
People often think back pain is “pain in the back”, but it can be differentiated into several types.
Acute low back pain is the sharp or dull pain, that typically lasts a few days and then goes on its own with gentle exercise or rest, and pain killers.
When it does not go and lasts a few weeks, we term this chronic back pain.
Some people have low-level chronic pain with acute episodes which is another common pattern.
When the pain goes into the legs, we refer to this as sciatic pain and is due to the nerves being compressed or irritated.
At Schoen Clinic, we have everything we need to diagnose and treat your pain. We have state-of-the-art diagnostics and highly trained experts in all aspects of back pain. The team expand over specialties such as sports and exercise doctors, pain medicine consultants, rheumatologists, orthopaedic and neurosurgical spine surgeons and radiologists.
Our team understand that the majority of patients can be treated with a combination of advice, pain killers and exercise.
The advice is based on the diagnosis and examination findings. Our experts, however, also have an extensive network of key physical therapists that we trust to provide expert care for our patients. These therapists range from physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, personal trainers.
Knowledge and communication between all of us is a key component of our success and your recovery.
Your local pharmacist or GP is likely to have given you advice regarding this. We are happy to advise you further, and also, we have pain management specialists who can optimise your pain relief.
Our team at Schoen Clinic will be able to advise you on maintaining your spinal health and refer you to one of our affiliated physical therapy clinics. You may already have a physiotherapist, osteopath or chiropractor that you already work with. You would probably be surprised to know that we probably work with them too. Our clinicians believe your recovery is strongly influenced by good communication and we are always at hand to liaise with your physical therapist.
The theme running through our hospital is that surgery is only required when all else has failed. Your surgeon will discuss everything with you and ensure that the whole team have done everything to avoid an operation.
Schoen Clinic has all of the necessary expertise to perform your surgery. We have modern theatres, well-designed wards and these include high dependency beds should you need them.
On the wards, your medical care will be provided by round the clock resident intensive care consultants.
We are the only private facility in the UK that can make this proud claim.
Your safety is our concern.
Our team of back pain specialists will give you the right treatment to ensure your rapid recovery.
At Schoen Clinic all our departments work closely together to determine the correct diagnosis of your back pain and ensure that you receive the most suitable treatment and an optimal outcome.
66 Wigmore Street
London W1U 2SB
Tel: + 44 20 3929 0801