



Pain Management
Dr Stephen Humble is a Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Charing Cross Hospital and St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust London. He qualified in Medicine at the University of Aberdeen in 2000. His postgraduate training was in the UK and Australia. He has also completed a MSc at the University of Edinburgh in 2010 and a PhD in Neuroscience in 2012. Dr Humble’s area of specialist expertise is in Interventional Spinal Medicine and he has performed thousands of epidurals and other spinal injections over the last 16 years or so.
Dr Humble was featured on the BBC1 Programme ‘Health: Truth or Scare’ and has published numerous medical and scientific papers in high-level journals and spoken about his work at many conferences and meetings. Through his research he has adopted cutting edge techniques that are only performed by a small number of specialised doctors such as radiofrequency therapy for spinal pain and nerve entrapment syndromes as well as capsaicin patch therapy for painful peripheral neuropathy. Dr Humble is also a medicolegal expert witness for the courts and has advised on a number of complex cases related to his area of work.
Dr Humble is registered with all the main insurance companies.
1. Transforaminal Epidurals
2. Nerve root injection
3. Facet joint Medial Branch Blocks
4. Facet joint radiofrequency denervation
5. Sacroiliac joint injections
6. Sacroiliac joint radiofrequency denervation (Simplicity Procedure)
7. Neuromodulation
8. Joint injections with cortisone or hyaluronic acid
9. Nerve therapy for Migraines
10. Qutenza patch therapy for painful peripheral neuropathy
Spinal Medicine
Acute and Chronic Back pain
Sciatica (pinched nerve in the spine)
Facet joint syndrome
Neck Pain
Whiplash injury pain
Coccydynia (pain and sensitivity of the tailbone)
Spinal Disc Herniation (slipped disc)
Spondylolisthesis (misalignment of the vertebrae)
Brachalgia (arm pain)
Sacroiliac Joint Pain
Sacroiliitis
Joint Pain
Spinal conditions in athletes
Osteoarthritis
Piriformis syndrome
Painful chemotherapy induced neuropathy
Spinal Intervention Society
General Medical Council
Harley Academy
International Association for the Study of Pain
British Pain Society
London Pain Forum
Fellow of the College of Anaesthetists, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
Associate Fellow Royal College of Anaesthetists
Associate Fellow Faculty of Pain Medicine RCoA
British Medical Association
European Society of Regional Anaesthesia & Pain Therapy
Association of Anaesthetists of GB & Ireland
Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Scottish Society of Anaesthetists
Society for Neuroscience
Research Gate
Primary Medical Qualification
MB ChB 2000 University of Aberdeen
Specialist Register entry date
Anaesthetics From 18 Nov 2013
Further Qualifications
MSc in Pain Management University of Edinburgh 2012
PhD University of Dundee 2013
FCARCSI College of Anaesthetists, Royal College Surgeons of Ireland 2006
Level 7 Qualification in Injectables for Aesthetic Medicine, Harley Academy, London