Patient Information / Support Groups

Support Groups and Resources

The following web sites for support groups and resource groups provide valuable and timely information related to the head, neck, and spine. They can offer insights into conditions, up-to-the-minute information on new treatments and therapies, and help you to have questions ready for your physician that are related to your condition or that of a family member.

Source for Back Pain and Spinal Information
http://www.spineuniverse.com

Resource for Back and Neck Pain
http://www.spine-health.com

American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons
http://www.neurosurgery.org

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/index.htm

SPECIFIC DISORDERS:

Spinal Disorders Support Community
http://www.spinedisorders.org

The American Brain Tumor Association
http://www.abta.org

The Brain Tumor Society
http://www.tbts.org

The Acoustic Neuroma Association
http://www.anausa.org

American Stroke Association
http://www.strokeassociation.org

National Stroke Association
http://www.stroke.org

National Osteoporosis Foundation
http://www.nof.org

The National Parkinson Foundation
http://www.parkinson.org

The American Parkinson Disease Association
http://www.apdaparkinson.org

The Hydrocephalus Association
http://www.hydroassoc.org

National Spinal Cord Injury Association
http://www.spinalcord.org

Think First—National Injury Prevention Foundation
(targeting head and spinal cord injury prevention for children)
http://www.thinkfirst.org

Brain Injury Association
http://www.biausa.org

The Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.efa.org

Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center
http://www.alzheimers.org

Pituitary Network Association
http://www.pituitary.org

Pituitary Disorders Education & Support
http://www.pituitarysupport.com

National Multiple Sclerosis Society
http://www.nmss.org

The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
http://www.msfacts.org/main.htm

The Chronic Pain Support Group
http://www.chronicpainsupport.org

Essential Tremor
http://www.medtronic.com/neuro/et/faq1_diag.html

Fibromyalgia: American College of Rheumatology
http://www.healthtouch.com