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Back Pain

UK sources of information and / or support

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) The leaflets section of this website (Patient UK)

Includes a leaflet called Low Back Pain in Adults.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) BackCare - National Organisation for Healthy Backs

National charity concerned with reducing the impact of back pain. You can get impartial advice through the BackCare helpline and information materials, take part in local activities like hydrotherapy, join the Think-Back self-management programme for chronic back pain and help with their research.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) BBC Guide to Back Pain

Clear, quality health information from the BBC. This website gives general advice, but puts the emphasis on pointing you in the right directions to help yourself.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Arthritis Research Campaign

Reliable information about back pain is provided by the Arthritis Research Campaign.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) British Brain and Spine Foundation

Have very good information booklets which you can download, including one called 'Back and Neck Pain'

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) British Orthopaedic Association

A professional association for orthopaedic surgeons. However, they have some useful information for the general public on their website.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Automated percutaneous mechanical lumbar discectomy.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Prosthetic intervertebral disc replacement.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Percutaneous endoscopic laser thoracic discectomy

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Percutaneous endoscopic laser thoracic discectomy.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) painSUPPORT

A friendly, supportive and informative not-for-profit organisation for those with chronic pain. An interactive site with a confidential contact club and lively discussion page.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Back Care Warehouse

A range of products for the relief of back pain and the improvement of posture. The site also includes a range of information on the nature, causes and treatment of back pain together with links to useful sources of further information.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) MEDesign

Makes and distributes back supportd and other products to help ease back pain.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Sportabac

A product to ease backache and back pains.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Backsavers.co.uk

A novel chair device to ease and prevent backache.

Patient apple icon (PatientApple.gif) Addenbrooke's Hospital: Patient Information Library

A large information library which includes articles concerning back pain.

See also our arthritis page


Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.





















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PS - Health and Poverty

Perhaps the biggest cause of ill health in the world is poverty. Help to Make Poverty History. For example, why not lend some of your money to disadvantaged communities to enable them to trade their way out of poverty through schemes such as Shared Interest.

See also MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East for details and links to campaigns against poverty.

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