Launch
Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Pain medicine
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
I am a Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia (FFPMRCA), practising in Colchester and Ipswich. I have worked as a consultant since 2012 and assess adults with persistent pain, including back and neck pain, sciatica and other nerve pain, complex regional pain syndrome, persistent pain following surgery, and selected joint pain.
My approach begins with understanding the likely sources of pain, how it affects everyday life, and what the patient hopes to improve. Following assessment, I develop an individual treatment plan. This may include a medication review, advice about rehabilitation and physiotherapy, and image-guided injections or other targeted procedures where clinically appropriate. A procedure is not assumed to be the right next step for every patient.
I also contribute to education and clinical research in pain medicine through publications and invited teaching.
Areas of interest
Adult pain medicine (18 years and over); Persistent back pain, including disc-related and facet joint pain; Persistent neck pain, including cervical facet pain; Sciatica and lumbar radicular (leg) pain; Cervical radicular (arm) pain; Sacroiliac joint pain; Neuropathic (nerve) pain; Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); Persistent post-surgical pain; Persistent knee pain, including pain following knee replacement; Selected shoulder pain; Cervicogenic headache and occipital neuralgia; Image-guided epidural and selective nerve root injections; Facet joint injections and medial branch blocks; Radiofrequency denervation for selected facet joint pain; Sacroiliac joint injections and selected radiofrequency treatment; Genicular nerve blocks and radiofrequency treatment for selected knee pain; Occipital nerve blocks; Suprascapular nerve blocks; Pulsed radiofrequency for selected nerve pain conditions.
Medical secretaries
- Megan Wood
- Oaks Hospital Oaks Place Mile End Road Colchester CO4 5XR
- 01206 522413
- 07596 895974
- megan.wood@ramsayhealth.co.uk
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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A5765
Neurolytic Root Block (Radiofrequency denervation, Thermocoagulation, Cryotherapy or Phenol, including Rhizolysis) +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) LUMBAR - ()
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A5790
Sacroiliac joint injection under image guidance (and bilateral) - ()
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A5745
Medial branch block injection(s) +/- image guidance (including bilateral) LUMBAR - ()
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A5753
Nerve Root Block +/- Image Guidance (including Bilateral) CERVICAL - ()
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X3770
Intramuscular injection(s) with x-ray control (e.g. piriformis block) - ()
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T7292
Trigger point injection/Enthesis - more than 1 injection - ()
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M2920
Endoscopic insertion/removal of prosthesis into ureter (including bilateral and cystoscopy, +/- pyelography) - ()
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Q0791
Robotic assisted total hysterectomy (+/- oophorectomy) and =/- ureterolysis - ()
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Q1704
Robotic assisted excision of endometriosis, +/-ureterolysis - ()
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A7302
Continuous nerve block +/- Image guidance (as sole procedure) - ()