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UK sources of information and / or support
Sportsphysio.com
Includes an A-Z of information about common sports injuries and related medical complaints
Mobilis Healthcare
Includes advice on preventing and treating sports injuries.
Arthritis Research Campaign
Reliable information about Sports Injuries is provided by the Arthritis Research Campaign.
Pure Sports Medicine
Specialist UK sports medicine clinics dedicated to the treatment of sports injuries, sports injury prevention, therapy, and the promotion of the benefits of sport and exercise medicine.
Sports Injury Surgery UK
Patient information in specialist sports injnury surgery. Especially keyhole procedures of the knee, shoulder & ankle allowing return to peak performance.
Runner's World
A comprehensive list of injuries incurred while running with methods of treatment and prevention. Compiled by 'BodyWorks', an organisation affiliated to the English Athletic Association.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
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- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
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.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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