Pain Management as a specialty is concerned with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of painful disorders. The diagnosis relies on a thorough history and pain-oriented physical examination, including interpretation of diagnostic tests, and may require specialized diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
The simple answer is that he was not always as disabled as he is today. Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 1963. The doctors initially gave him two years to live but the disease's onset was not as rapid as they had expected. Two years later, he was still walking, albeit with a stick. Hawking was married to his first wife, Jane Wilde, on the 14th of July 1965.
But like his mind, Hawking's illness seems to be singular. Most patients with ALS--also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, for the famous baseball player who succumbed to the disease--are diagnosed after the age of 50 and die within five years of their diagnosis.Hawking's condition was first diagnosed when he was 21, and he was not expected to see his 25th birthday.ut like his mind, Hawking's illness seems to be singular. Most patients with ALS--also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, for the famous baseball player who succumbed to the disease--are diagnosed after the age of 50 and die within five years of their diagnosis.