In episode 202 of The Physical Performance Show Brad Beer shares a conversation with Dr Neil Cochrane - Neurosurgeon & Spinal Surgeon (MBCHB FRACS) in this expert edition.
Dr Cochrane is a New Zealand and Australian trained neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon who specialises in the treatment of spinal conditions, brain tumours, peripheral nerve disorders and much more. Dr Cochrane regularly attends and presents at scientific meetings, surgeon training symposiums and international neurosurgery and spinal surgery workshops. Dr Cochrane is also actively involved in the design and development of spinal implant technologies and he’s based in South East Queensland, Australia.
During this episode, we cover all about back pain, sciatica, the severity of back pain, concerns in using medication, surgery recovery along with so much more.
Listen in as we delve into the following:
- All about back pain and how it affects physical life
- About Sciatica
- Advice given for people with Sciatica
- Pathologies and Interventions for Back pain
- Key issues on the severities of back pain
- Concerns in using medication for lower back pain
- How inflammatories work to reduce pain
- How injections work for spinal nerves and what happens
- Macro Discectomy Procedure and recovery time frame
- Different medical professionals to seek for back pain
- How leg problems can cause back pain
- Pain generated from the neck
- Psychosocial meaning of pain
- What is chronic pain
- What is nerve entrapment, symptoms and treatment
- What is a disc
- What are the red flags for a brain tumour
- Top 3 Myths on lower back pain
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Quotes:
“Disability is very much a mindset.” – Best Advice
“2 minute plank.” – Physical Challenge
“The severity of your pain is not necessarily a good indicator of the severity of your injury.”
“Repeated steroid injections can cause tissue damage.”
Best Advice for person with Sciatica
"Don’t panic. 90% of people with back pain or sciatica will go away and does not need medical intervention."
Top 3 Myths on lower back pain
- It’s dangerous
- You need to have a surgery if you have sciatica
- Neurosurgeon will operate on you as soon as you enter the door
To follow Dr Neil Cochrane
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Timeline
0:00 Start
1:35 Introduction to Dr Neil Cochrane
3:48 How he became a Neurosurgeon
6:00 All about back pain and how it affects physical life
7:20 About Sciatica
9:00 Advice given for people with Sciatica
11:30 Pathologies and Interventions for Back pain
13:20 Key issues on the severities of back pain
16:50 Concerns in using medication for lower back pain
18:25 How inflammatories work to reduce pain
19:42 How injections work for spinal nerves and what happens
23:56 Macro Discectomy Procedure and recovery time frame
31:55 Different medical professionals to seek for back pain
33:55 How leg problems can cause back pain
37:55 Pain generated from the neck
30:40 Psychosocial meaning of pain
43:40 What is chronic pain
45:30 What is nerve entrapment, symptoms and treatment
48:53 What is a disc
50:55 What are the red flags for a brain tumour
52:16 Top 3 Myths on lower back pain
53:15 Best Advice to listeners
53:55 Physical Challenge for the week
55:49 Finish
People Mentioned
Professor Stuart McGill - Biomechanist & Lower Back Pain Expert, Podcast Episode 108 of The Physical Performance Show.
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