This page is designed to offer you valuable links and resources to help you better understand and manage your condition. In the sections below, you’ll find a variety of leaflets and links to trusted websites, all carefully reviewed and approved by our clinical staff.
Pain coming from the spine makes up such a large proportion of our MSK caseload, especially lower back problems.
Due to the high prevalence of lower back pain, there is a large amount of information available, from family, friends and online – some can be helpful, some can be vague, and some can even be harmful due to misinformation.
Your GP, Advanced Practitioner or Physiotherapist might have given you a diagnosis already, and directed you here.
However, if you have any of the following problems that accompany your back or neck pain, you need to seek Emergency Care via NHS 111 or the Emergency Department:
- Difficulty passing or unable to pass urine
- Loss of bowel control
- Unstable when walking/feet do not go where you want them to
- Numbness or tingling around your back passage or genitals
- Loss of sexual function, unable to achieve and maintain an erection, lack of sensation during sexual intercourse
- Decreased dexterity of hands e.g. buttoning shirts, writing
- Numbness and/or weakness of both hands
Below you will find information and resources designed to help you make sense of your back or neck pain, dispel any unhelpful myths, outline your options, and help you on your road to recovery.
General Advice:
