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