More and more people are finding that everyday essential healthcare treatments, such as at the dentist or optician, are becoming more expensive. This together with increasing pressure on the NHS from an ageing population, resulting in the reducing availability of free immediate healthcare, means that it is vital we all start to make provisions for our own and our family's healthcare.

This is an information website run by Dr. Richard S. Walker, Consultant in Pain Management. It is designed to help sufferers and their carers learn about the diagnosis and treatment of common acute and chronic painful conditions like low / mid back pain, neck pain, muscle sprains and aches, minor ligament injuries, arthritis and other joint problems, sciatica and other spinal nerve problems, neuralgias and other nerve conditions.