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Chronic pain management in the North East of England
Dr Amit Kumar
Dr Amit Kumar
MB BS, MD, FRCA, FFPMRCA
I was appointed as a Consultant in Pain Management and Anaesthetics in 2005, by the City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust.
My base NHS hospital is Sunderland Royal Hospital and I hold my Pain Clinics in the Outpatients building of Monkwearmouth Hospital.  This allows easier access to patients from a large catchment area extending from South Shields in the North to Ryhope in the South, and Seaham in the East to Gateshead in the West.
I also hold practicing privilege at Spire Washington Hospital. I am happy to offer the expertise of my NHS experience in the Independent Sector. I live locally in Washington and am easily accessible for appointments to be arranged at a short notice.
I have more than 11 years’ experience in managing patients suffering from chronic pain. I believe in individualized assessment and management through the help of a care plan. This may involve personnel from other specialized services such as physiotherapists, acupuncturist and psychologist.

I am happy to see patients with chronic pain in their neck, back, arms, legs or various joints. I may be able to offer help in conditions like sciatica and other neuropathic pain illnesses. I have reasonable expertise in injection procedures such as facet joint injections, rhizotomy, transforaminal epidurals or nerve root blocks, caudal epidural, peripheral nerve blocks, pulsed radiofrequency treatment and stellate ganglion block.
There maybe situations where injection interventions are unsuitable and I am happy to help out with drugs / dosage titrations and other forms of conservative pain management strategies.

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​Appointments can be arranged under the NHS, through a referral made by GP via choose and book option.

Private consultation is available at Spire Washington Hospital and an appointment can be made by directly contacting the Hospital or through any of the contact methods mentioned below.


You are welcome to approach directly for information or consultation. You do not always need a referral but please provide  information about all previous investigations and treatments. All enquiries will be treated with utmost confidentiality.​
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Conditions treated
  • Neck pain
  • Back pain
  • Sciatica / Lumbago
  • Joint pains in specific joints or generalised
  • Neuropathic pain such as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), phantom limb, neuralgias
Injection Treatments offered
  • Facet joint injections
  • Rhizolysis (Radiofrequency ablation of nerve supply to the facet joints)
  • Transforaminal epidural / nerve root block
  • Caudal epidural
  • Nerve blocks or pulsed radiofrequency treatment to nerves
  • Joint injections into shoulders / elbows / wrists / knees / ankles etc
  • Stellate ganglion block
Medical management
  • WHO ladder of pain management
  • Help with drug dosage titrations
  • Review of ongoing medications with a view of optimising analgesia / side effects profile
  • Alternative therapy through liaisons with physiotherapy / psychology for consideration of acupuncture, exercise, TENS, ultrasound therapy and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)

Book an appointment directly or through your GP

email

info@manageyourpain.co.uk

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phone

07442466999

address

Spire Washington Hospital
​Picktree Lane, Rickleton
Washington - NE38 9JZ

www.spirewashington.com
If you have medical insurance, please check that you have had preauthorisation for treatment. The links below are some of the popular medical insurance companies that recognise me as a provider of relevant medical treatment

BUPA

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​Vitality Health
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​​WPA
Cigna
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AXA PPP

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Alliance Surgical
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Aviv​a

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