CCAC Libraries - Databases A to Z

Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE uses MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) indexing with tree, tree hierarchy, subheadings and explosion capabilities to search citations from over 4,800 current biomedical journals. Provided by EBSCOhost.

American Academy of Pain Management: With a membership of 6000, the AAPM is the largest pain management organization in the United States. Its goal is help professionals create quality services for people in pain. The site provides access to links, programs, publications and continuing education.
American Pain Foundation: The APF is dedicated to improving quality of life by providing information, promoting research and raising public awareness. Extensive information about types of pain is provided at their Pain Information Center.
American Pain Society: Comprised of health care professionals, the APS advances pain related research, education and treatment. The Society provides access to the current issue of their The Journal of Pain; Tables of Contents and abstracts of back issues are available online also.
MedlinePlus - Pain: Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, Medline Plus is updated daily and offers extensive information on over 600 diseases and conditions. Topics covered include an overview, anatomy/physiology, diagnosis/symptoms, treatment, clinical trials, specific conditions, disease management and more.
National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain: Dedicated to accomplishing adequate care for those in pain, the NFTP is the only organization that actively responds to people who contact them for informational questions about their condition. Their site's Pain Management section provides extensive information about pain and its treatment.
National Pain Foundation: The Foundation presents a very professional site that provides information about different types of pain and their various treatments.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Pain: Hope Through Research: Extremely comprehensive, this site provides information about the diagnosis and treatment of pain, a history, and an alphabetical listing of the different types of pain, such as headaches, pain from cancer, muscle pain, burn pain and much more.

Lower-Back Exercises: Animated illustrations demonstrate how to perform exercises to alleviate lower back pain.
MedlinePlus - Back Pain: Sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, Medline Plus is updated daily and offers extensive information on over 600 diseases and conditions. Topics covered include overviews, anatomy/physiology, diagnosis/symptoms, treatment, clinical trials, prevention/screening and more.
National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke - Low Back Pain Fact Sheet: The Institute answers such questions as what causes lower back pain, how it is diagnosed and treated, how it can be prevented and more.
Spine-Health.com - Back Pain Medical Journal for Patients: This site presents a wealth of information, presented in layman's terms, on many aspects of back pain - the causes, research, diagnosis and more.
WebMD's 10 Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Back Pain: WebMDHealth provides 10 helpful questions that you should ask your doctor about back pain.

American Chronic Pain Association: Founded in 1980, the ACPA provides help to people suffering from chronic pain through pain management skills and self help groups. Their web site provides access to information through FAQ's and resources.
familydoctor.org - Chronic Pain: How to get Relief: This is a very short, concise discussion about chronic pain presented in layman's terms; it provides practical and helpful information.
InteliHealth - Living with Chronic Pain: Featuring information from Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health, this site offers practical advise in layman's language.
National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke - NINDS Chronic Pain Information Page: In a concise and compact style, NINDS provides basic information about chronic pain - treatment, prognosis, research, as well as a number of links to related sites.
Spine-health.com - Chronic Pain as a Disease: Why Does it Still Hurt?: This site provides peer reviewed material and treats the subject of chronic pain with the consideration it is due.
Spine-health.com - Modern Theories of Chronic Pain: An extensive and detailed explanation of chronic pain, the specificity theory, the gate control theory, the brain and the peripheral nervous system is presented - very readable in layman's terms.

familydoctor.org - Transient Synovitis of the Hip: a Cause of Hip Pain in Children: A layman's treatment of the condition is provided, covering the areas of causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.
MedicineNet.com - Hip Bursitis: This site doesn't appear to be very large at first glance; however, there are a number of links sprinkled throughout the text that provide in depth information.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - Hip Pain: The Encyclopedia provides basic information about hip pain covering such topics as a definition, common causes, home care and prevention.
Palo Alto Medical Foundation - Hip Problems and Injuries, Age 12 and Older: This is an extensive, technical site with links in the primary text and in the secondary; there is a lengthy discussion on the conditions affecting the hip.