Patient Education
Recommended Resources Online

WebMD - This consumer information site is generally well respected among physicians for accuracy and depth of information. Go directly to these WebMD pain-related areas:

• Pain Management Health Center
• Back Pain Health Center
• Cancer Pain Health Center
  

MayoClinic.com - Articles and tools on understanding pain and diagnosing pain are available in the Pain Center, as well as information on pain medications and self-care.

Spine-health.com - For chronic back pain sufferers, this site provides excellent visual explanations and animations of back surgeries and procedures as well as in-depth back pain and neck pain information.

National Pain Foundation - Learn more about your pain from the National Pain Foundation covering topics including:

• Arthritis
• Back and Neck
• Cancer Pain and Palliative Care
• Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
• Fibromyalgia
• Headache
• Pain and Your Mental Health
• Pelvic Pain
  

American Pain Society - A comprehensive list of links and resources for those in pain

Meditronic Pain Therapies - Information pages regarding conditions requiring pain therapies including intrathecal drug delivery and neurostimulation.