New Jersey Resources

Avoiding and Treating Back Pain - This handy information is from Virtua Health.

Back Pain Health Call with Karen Hasby - Looking to purchase a video on back pain? Here is one from our own NJN.

Find a NJ Doctor:New Jersey Health Care Profile - This site includes information on all doctors who are actively licensed and currently permitted to practice medicine or podiatry in New Jersey. The website can be searched to locate doctors practicing in a particular area or hospital. The profiles contain information about a doctor's education, training, and medical practice.

Find an Orthopedist - Check this site for members of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons.

Help for Those Aching Backs - An article from the UMDNJ Healthstate Pulse magazine about back pain and manual medicine.

Low Back Pain - Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital has created this information.

New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services - Click here to view the Department's alphabetic list of health-related topics, programs and services. The site changes often so use the site search option to look for your topic or your browser Find option to search for a word or phrase.

NJ Self-Help Group Clearinghouse - Assists people in finding, forming and learning about self-help support groups at local, national and Internet levels. Has toll-free helpine and publishes an annual Self-Help Group Directory, which can be found at most public libraries.

NJ Spine Institute - This organization supplies a number of useful fact sheets at their site.

2-1-1 Non-Emergency – Click this link to search the database, or call 211 on your phone to get information and referrals on a variety of services, including: food banks, clothing closets, rental and utility assistance, adult or child day care, transportations services for the disabled, tutoring, Meals on Wheels, insurance, interventions for drug and alcohol abuse, rehabilitation, job training, and much more.   This site and phone number will also provide emergency information about local problems such as floods and highway closures.