{"id":8482,"date":"2019-07-30T00:01:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T14:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arthritisaustralia.com.au\/?p=8482"},"modified":"2020-08-17T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T02:09:35","slug":"new-back-pain-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.arthritisaustralia.org.au\/wordpress\/new-back-pain-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Online resource to help sufferers ease back pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-477 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/arthritisaustralia.com.au\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/myBackPlain.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"69\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive tool to help people manage back pain has been developed by a team of international health experts led by University of Queensland researchers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following extensive consultation with people living with lower back pain (LBP), <a href=\"http:\/\/mybackpain.org.au\/\">MyBackPain.org.au<\/a> was launched today to provide tailored, trustworthy information not readily found elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-He9cV8Kwxk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shrs.uq.edu.au\/\">UQ School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences<\/a> researcher <a href=\"https:\/\/researchers.uq.edu.au\/researcher\/1050\">Professor Paul Hodges<\/a> said despite the widespread occurrence of LBP many people receive ineffective and unnecessary assessments and treatments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many myths surrounding back pain and many of the treatments that people use have no evidence of being effective,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor instance, people often believe they should rest when they have back pain, but rest can actually make it harder to get over back pain.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the best methods of recovery can be to stay active and resume normal activities as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Australia up to 80 per cent of the population experience back pain, with direct healthcare costs of $4.8 billion per year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParacetamol is a widely taken medicine for back pain but studies have shown that it does not relieve back pain any better than a placebo treatment,\u201d Professor Hodges said. \u201cThere are treatments that do work, and the website provides guidance about which have the best evidence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to assessing back pain, health professionals are now advised to avoid sending people with back pain for scans like X-rays, MRIs and CTs, unless there is a clear reason because scans rarely identify the causes of pain and they involve unnecessary health risks such as exposure to radiation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arthritis Australia CEO Andrew Mills said<em>\u00a0&#8220;<\/em>MyBackPain.org.au was created to provide accurate information to counter the misinformation about back pain \u2013 making it clear what back pain is and is not&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe input from people living with LBP was crucial when creating the content and functionality of the website,\u201d he said. \u201cThe internet is often the first port of call for those with LBP but up-to-date accurate and unbiased evidence-based information is hard to find.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMyBackPain.org.au contains resources to help people with back pain navigate their condition \u2013 find out what treatments work, learn from the experience of others, receive recommendations that are tailored to them, and to feel empowered to manage their own condition and know when to seek help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The website is a partnership between UQ, Arthritis Australia, University of Sydney, University of Melbourne, and Cochrane Back and Neck.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Medibank Better Health Fund is funding a clinical trial into the effectiveness of the website with results to be publicly available later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Media:<\/span><br \/>\nProfessor Paul Hodges, <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:p.hodges@uq.edu.au\"><strong>p.hodges@uq.edu.au<\/strong><\/a><strong>, +61 7 3365 2008<br \/>\nArthritis Australia, <a href=\"info@arthritisaustralia.com.au\">info@arthritisaustralia.com.au<\/a>\u00a0 +61 2 9518 4441<br \/>\nDani Nash, UQ Communications, <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:habs.media@uq.edu.au\"><strong>habs.media@uq.edu.au<\/strong><\/a><strong>, +61 7 3346 3035.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comprehensive tool to help people manage back pain has been developed by a team of international health experts led by University of Queensland researchers. &nbsp; Following extensive consultation with people living with lower back pain (LBP), MyBackPain.org.au was launched today to provide tailored, trustworthy information not readily found elsewhere. 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