The Vale Hotel, Golf and Spa Resort

Spinal Clinic

At the Vale Spinal Clinic we are dedicated to helping people of all ages with spinal conditions, to lead pain free, healthy lives again. Our commitment to a caring, compassionate patient-physician relationship is one of the keys to our success. The Spinal Clinic offers comprehensive cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine care based on techniques and procedures proven to be safe and effective. The Vale Spinal Clinic uses an integrated multi-disciplinary team approach to focus on your individual needs. This approach combines patient education and rehabilitation with advanced diagnostic and surgical techniques.

On your first visit to the Spine Clinic, and in-depth interview is conducted by one of the spinal consultants to review your complete spine and medical history. During this initial consultation, clear and open communication is of the utmost importance.

Treatment modalities are determined after a thorough review of your history, your present symptoms, the findings of your physical examination and the results of all diagnostic testing.

Your treatment program will begin with the most conservative measures feasible. Most of our patients respond to one or more of the conservative modalities we employ, which include physical therapy and conditioning, bracing, behaviour modification and theraputic pain blocks. Medications are used as necessary to facilitate effective rehabilitation.

For a small percentage of patients who do not respond to the Spine Clinic's conservative care, a wide range of safe and effective surgical techniques are available. These range from minimally invasive procedures to complex spinal reconsruction. The Spine Clinic's medical staff have a reputation for consistently good results even when dealing with some of the most challenging spinal conditions.

Treatments we use-

• Sacroiliac joint injection
• Lumbar epidural injection
• IDET
• Percutaneous nucleuplasty
• Lumbar interbody fusion
• Disc microsurgery
• Anterior cervical discectomy
• Spinal fusion
• Lumbar laminectomy

Who's in our team:-
Mr Paul Rhys Davies Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Paul Rhys Davies is a Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. He has a specialist interest in scoliosis surgery, operating regularly on children with spinal deformities. Mr Davies covers all aspects of the management of spinal problems, including neck and back pain, and was the first in the UK to offer IDET therapy as a new innovative way of treating low back pain. He has a keen interest in the management of athletes with back and neck problems having recently been involved in treating professional sports men and women.

Mr John Howes Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon
Mr Howes is a Consultant Orthopaedic Spinal Surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. His current practice consists of paediatric spinal deformity, spinal trauma, spinal tumours and the management of low back pain and sciatica. Mr Howes is particularly interested in the conservative management of low back and neck pain, and works closely with his radiologists in the delivery of minimally invasive methods of treatments for these conditions.

Mr Sashin Ahuja Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon -
Mr Ahuja completed his orthopaedic training in Wales. Spinal surgery is his clinical speciality. He gained training in spinal surgery in Cardiff and did a spinal fellowship in Nottingham - one of the leading spinal centres. Mr Ahuja is interested in all aspects of spinal surgery including low back pain; neck pain, spinal injuries, spinal tumours and specifically scoliosis surgery. His particular expertise is in newer techniques such as IDET and other minimally invasive procedures for back pain.

Mr. ALWYN JONES Consultant Spinal Orthopaedic Surgeon.
Alwyn, a Welsh speaker graduated from Cardiff in 1993 and is a product of the All Wales Orthopaedic Training Scheme. He has recently completed a nationally recognised fellowship in Spinal Surgery at the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham gaining expertise in both paediatric and adult spinal conditions.He was appointed as a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the University Hospital of Wales and Llandough Hospital, Cardiff in October 2004. Alwyn's practice involves the management of wholly spinal conditions including deformity (adult and paediatric), neck pain, back pain and sports related spinal injuries.He also has clinical and research interests in spinal implant biomechanics.

For further information contact us:- 01443-667888 or E-mail clinic@vale-hotel.com