Cauda Equina Syndrome - A Medical Emergency

Physiotherapy Rehabilitation for Moulton, Northampton, Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby & the Surrounding Villages

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by Chris Heywood
Chartered Physiotherapist
MSc BSc MCSP
Clinical Specialist & Moulton Clinic Manager
Cauda Equina is thankfully rare but can have significant consequences if left undiagnosed and in some cases untreated.
Cauda Equina Syndrome is rare when put in to context against the number of presentations of back pain per capita that we see in the UK. This can mean however that the identification of key symptoms that can  help to identify its presence, are not always picked up on by the patient, or sometimes by the clinician. Although lasting symptoms are unusual, even when Cauda Equina is clinically, or radiologically, diagnosed, it can lead to personally devastating and sometimes life changing conditions.

​We will be bringing you our own take on Cauda Equina in the future however we felt we did not want to wait for that publication before we put this excellent, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy video, online. It is an 8 minute watch that for some of your, could well turn out to be the best 8 minutes you have spent on YouTube!!

You can also download and print our handy information sheet, written by Minal Gadhia, so that you can have it closer to hand or pass it to a friend, colleague or relative.
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