Session 39 – Spinal Surgery. How, Why and When? with Jack Chew

The Physio Matters Podcast Putting big mouths and big ideas behind microphones. The Physio Matters Podcast is a feature of Chews Health’s third core value ‘We Educate’. Episodes will feature expert, honest advice, delivered directly to listeners at no cost. The Physio Matters Podcast content hopes to be clinical gold delivered direct. Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine information for those working in physiotherapy, sports therapy, sports rehabilitation, medicine and all divisions of the healthcare industry. |Subscribe on iTunes| Session 39 – Spinal Surgery. How, Why and When? with Jack Chew  The mic has once again been turned on Chewy! In 2016 our ‘gobshite-in-chief’ Jack Chew struggled with neuropathic leg pain and weakness that eventually led to him having a lumbar decompression. It’s fair to say that he’s a pretty unique patient and so Paula Deacon of IPOPS (also Jack’s boss in the NHS) persuaded him to tell his tale. In presentations involving neuropathic pain, many questions emerge: ‘Should we scan?’, ‘When should we scan?’, ‘What rehab is safe?’, ‘What medication should we suggest?’, ‘What advise should we give?’, ‘What prognosis should be explained?’. All tough questions with no easy answers but in session 39 we experience just how tricky these questions are, even when the patient (supposedly) knows his stuff! Join Jack and Paula on a journey from injury, through surgery, to recovery! Follow us @PaulaWoods5, @TPMPodcast & @Chews_Health. Thanks to those who have contributed or are considering contributing to The Physio Matters Podcast via Patreon. We are looking to fund the show and its projects through listener support so if you’re keen to keep us on the air then please have a watch of our advert and throw a few quid or way if you think we’re worth it! : PATREON PAGE! 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Previous episodes: Session 1 – Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome with Dr Lee Herrington – Part 1 Session 2 – Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome with Dr Lee Herrington – Part 2 Session 3 – The Rugby Shoulder with Dr Ian Horsley Session 4 – Know Pain: Metaphoric Expression with Mike Stewart – Part 1 Session 5 – Know Pain: Metaphoric Expression with Mike Stewart – Part 2 Session 6 – Achilles Tendons with Seth O’Neill Session 7 – Critical Thinking, Twitter & Manual Therapy Myths with Adam Meakins Session 8 – Haemodynamics with Alan Taylor Session 9 – Psychological Interventions in Physiotherapy with Dr Richard Bennett Session 10 – Exercise Promotion with Ann Gates Session 11 – Treating Tendons with Seth O’Neill Session 12 – The big Kinesiology Tape Debate – ‘To KT, or not to KT’ with Paul Coker and Paul Westwood Session 13 – A Year in Podcasts with The Physio Matters Podcast Team Session 14 – The Unstable Concept of Core Stability with Ben Smith Session 15 – Does Work Matter with Heather Watson Session 16 – Biomechanics and Pain: The Ongoing Dilemma with Greg Lehman Session 17 – Building & maintaining an award winning MSK service with Paula Deacon Session 18 – The myth of ‘over-pronation’ with Ian Griffiths Session 19 – Managing Runners with Matt Phillips and Tom Goom Session 20 – Shoulder Instability with Jo Gibson Session 21 – Fathoming Fibromyalgia with Bronnie Thompson Session 22 – Medically Unexplained Symptoms with Roger Kerry Session 23 – When Jack and Rob Met Sallie (Part 1) with Prof Sallie Lamb Session 24 – Lashing into Whiplash (Part 2) – Protocols, whiplash trials and professional regulation with Prof Sallie Lamb Session 25 – Physio Doesn’t Matter with Team TPMP Session 26 – Solving Spondyloarthropathy with Dr Karl Gaffney Session 27 – ITBS – Mechanics, Management and Mystery with Brad Neal and Jack Chew Session 28 – Getting to the point with Dr Val Hopwood and the AACP Session 29 – Hamstrings and their owners with Simon Murphy of LCFC Session 30 – TPMP meets The CSP with Karen Middleton Session 31 – Pain: Past, present and future with Mick Thacker – Part 1 Session 32 – Simply Elite Triathlon with Paul Westwood and Joel Filliol Session 33 – Pain: Past, present and future with Mick Thacker – Part 2 Session 34 – Cervicogenic Headache with Toby Hall Session 35 – OA Hips, THRs, Dos, Don’ts & Maybes with Toby Smith Session 36 – Moving beyond Trapped Nerves – Entrapment Neuropathy with Annina Schmid Session 37 – The NHS with Team TPMP Session 38 – Manual Therapy – Feeling for Cracks in the Theories and Practices with Neil Langridge