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This website was developed and written to provide general information about back pain to consumers/patients, family members and loved ones. However, with the incidence, impact and costs associated with back pain ranking in the Top Five health conditions in the U.S., there may be a number of resources and links which could be helpful to you. In particular, you may wish to use and share information listed under:

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    • Back pain greatly affects workplace productivity - with periodic absences, short- and long-term disability and impairment at work, reducing the effectiveness of employees in their daily tasks. There are a number of professional organizations and thought leaders who are instrumental in research, demonstration projects and workplace studies, including:

    ACOEM
    American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
    1114 N. Arlington Heights Road
    Arlington Heights, IL 60004-4770
    www.acoem.org
    (847) 818-1800

    IHPM
    Institute for Health & Productivity Management
    Sean Sullivan, President & CEO
    Gainey Ranch Center
    7702 E. Doubletree Ranch Road
    Scottsdale, AZ 85258
    www.ihpm.org
    (480) 607-2660

    Spencer Borden IV, MD, MBA & Christine D. Turner, MHA
    Integrity Consulting, LLC
    278 Hunter's Ridge Road
    Concord, MA 01742-4718
    (978) 371-0443

    Jennifer H. Christian, MD, MPH
    President & Medical Director, Webility Corp.
    95 Woodridge Road
    Wayland, MA 01778
    www.webility.md
    (508) 358-5218
    Please note: Dr. Christian also moderates the Work Fitness & Disability Roundtable E-group, which can be accessed through the above-mentioned website.

    Debra Lerner, Ph.D.
    Tufts University/New England Medical Center
    The Health Institute
    750 Washington St., NEMC Box #345
    Boston, MA 02111
    e-mail: wlq @ drborenstein . com

    (617) 636-8636

    Ronald C. Kessler, Ph.D.
    Professor, Department of Health Care Policy
    Harvard Medical School
    180 Longwood Avenue
    Boston, MA 02115
    www.hpq.org
    (617) 432-3587

    Should you need additional information on workplace productivity matters, please feel free to contact Janna Crittendon in Boston at (781) 383-6181 or Dr. Borenstein at: (202) 293-1470.