BackCare has a range of information sheets that give background information and practical tips on various aspects of back pain and back care. You can view these information sheets on our site or print them.
We regularly review our existing information sheets and add new ones if needed.
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A claim for damages can be brought when chronic back pain can be shown to arise from road accidents or accidents at work.
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission replaced the Disability Rights Commission in 2007.
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The process of age-related change or degeneration in the tissues and structures of the spine is something that will happen to all people at some point in their lives.
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Spondylosis and Osteoarthritis usually occur together. Spondylosis is the name for changes that occur, often with age, to the vertebral joints of the back.
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Sciatica in its widest definition is pain in the distribution of the sciatic nerve. That is the buttock, back of thigh, whole leg and foot.
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Neck pain is common. More than half of people will get neck pain some time in their life and over one in three people have had it in the past year.
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The facet joints act like hinges. There is a lot of debate about whether facet joints can cause pain.
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Although problems with the thoracic spine are less common that other areas of the spine, they can be just as painful and troublesome.
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The coccyx is a small bony structure at the base of the spine. It is a remnant of the tail that we originally had.
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Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of either the central spinal canal or the side root canals.