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Dr James Jack
Dr James Jack

Dr James Jack

Consultant in Pain Management

MBBS (dist), BSc (Hons), FRCA, FFPM

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I am a Consultant in Pain Medicine with extensive experience managing patients with complex chronic pain. I manage patients suffering from all types of short term and persistent pain in areas including the face, neck, elbow, shoulder, back, hip, knee and foot. I also treat abdominal-pelvic pain, fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome. I qualified as a consultant in 2021. I use a biopsychosocial model to provide patient-centred care to all of my patients.

I have first hand experience of chronic pain and the huge impact it has on one’s life. In 2016 I experienced a slipped disc which almost resulted in emergency surgery. The excruciating pain and leg weakness I experienced during my 1.5 year long recovery gave me an in depth personal understanding of chronic pain and the impact it can have on one's life. I use this experience to better understand and care for my patients. I am also a keen educator and am involved in educating student doctors, nurses and other colleagues about pain medicine.

I undertake pain procedures for facial, headache, neck, shoulder, elbow, rib, abdomen, pelvic, back, hip, tailbone, knee, ankle, and foot pain. I also treat patients with post-surgical pain and can administer intravenous drug infusions for certain conditions.

My special interests are orofacial pain, including trigeminal neuralgia, and hip pain. I use innovative techniques such as radiofrequency denervation, pulsed radiofrequency modulation, ultrasound guided injections and targeted injections to relieve the symptoms of various complex chronic pain conditions, including chronic pelvic pain. 

To date I have performed over 1,000 procedures for pain throughout the body, including spinal, neck, and lower back injections, facet joint injections, medial branch blocks, epidurals, caudals, nerve root blocks and treatments involving the dorsal root ganglion. I have performed over 100 radiofrequency denervation and pulsed radiofrequency neuromodulation procedures.

I administer several hundred pain procedures per year across my NHS and private practice. I have performed or directly supervised over 1,000 peripheral nerve blocks with ultrasound guidance, and have administered several thousand anaesthetics

I graduated with distinction from Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Medical School. I completed an intercalated BSc in Aerospace Physiology, achieving first class honours, and was awarded both the Pembury Prize in Physiology and the SAFE Europe award. I completed my anaesthetic training in Surrey, Sussex and London, with the exception of a year at the Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada, completing their prestigious Regional Anaesthesia Fellowship. I undertook my pain training at St Thomas', Epsom and St Helier, and St George's Hospitals in London.

I am a Fellow of both the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Pain Medicine, have numerous academic publications and am the recipient of Research Grants from the Association of Anaesthetists.

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Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr James Jack at Spire include:

Pain management

Other treatments

  • Anaesthetics
  • Anti-wrinkle treatment by injection
  • Back pain treatment
  • Coccydynia (tail bone pain)
  • CRPS
  • Epidural steroid injections for back pain
  • Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis)
  • Facet joint denervation,
  • Fibromyalgia (FM)
  • Ganglion block
  • Hip and knee pain
  • Neck pain
  • Neck pain with arm pain
  • Nerve root block
  • Oro-facial pain
  • Occipital Neuralgia
  • Pain management clinic consultation for widespread pain syndromes like fibromyalgia
  • Sciatica
  • Shoulder pain treatment
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Trigger point injection of steroids for myofascial pain

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Additional information

Anaesthetics
Back pain
Degenerative spine
Headache
Lumbar spine disorders
Neck pain
Pain management
Pain relief

BSc Aerospace Physiology - 1st class (Hons) / King’s College London / 2007
Bachelor of Science Aerospace Physiology

MBBS (distinction) / King's College London School of Medicine / 2010
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

FRCA / Royal College of Anaesthetists / 2017
Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

FFPMRCA Faculty of Pain Medicine / Royal College of Anaesthetists / 2021
Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

Professional memberships

Fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Royal College of Anaesthetists, 2021

Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Anaesthetists, 2017

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

When not working I enjoy spending time with my young family, walking our dog Hugo, training in karate and clay pigeon shooting. Once in a blue moon I get to go surfing.