Links

The following links are provided as a service to our customers. The Total Back Care Centre holds a library of individual practitioners, in the Birmingham and surrounding areas, who are known to us by the excellence of their reputation. We only directly recommend professionals on this basis.

Medical Associations and Governing Bodies

Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP)
www.aacp.uk.com
Clinical interest group of Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.
Association of Reflexologists
www.aor.org.uk
Provides details of accredited practitioners in the UK.
British Acupuncture Council
www.acupuncture.org.uk
Main regulatory body in UK for those practising traditional acupuncture.
British Chiropractic Association
www.chiropractic-uk.co.uk
Information on chiropractors and regional search facility for registered practitioners.
British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine
www.bimm.org.uk
Information and referral details.
British Osteopathic Association
www.osteopathy.org.uk
Maintains and develops standards. Regional search facility for registered osteopaths.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
www.csp.org.uk
Membership organisation. Search links for private practitioners.
College of Occupational Therapists
www.cot.org.uk
Professional body for Occupational Therapy staff in UK.
General Council and Register of Naturopaths (GCRN)
www.naturopathy.org.uk
Registration body of accredited practitioners. Regional search available.
Health Professions Council
www.hpc-uk.org
New regulatory body for 12 health professions. Facility to check therapists are correctly registered to practise.
Health & Safety Executive
www.hse.gov.uk
Established to prevent death, injury and ill health in the UK workplace.
Institution of Occupational Health & Safety
www.iosh.co.uk
International, non-governmental organisation of practitioners.
McTimoney Chiropractic Association
www.mctimoney-chiropractic.org.uk
Information on history and methodology. Regional search for registered practitioners.
Organisation of Chartered Physiotherapists in Private Practise
www.physiofirst.org.uk
Information and Search facility for chartered practitioners. Good links to other bodies.
Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique
www.stat.org.uk
Extensive information for self-help and local practitioner search facility.
The Shiatsu Society
www.shiatsu.org
Network of individuals, students and teachers to facilitate communication within the field of Shiatsu.
The Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
www.feetforlife.org
Professional body of registered practitioners. Local search facility.

Support Groups and Charities:


Arthritis Care
www.arthritiscare.org.uk
A registered charity, the largest organization working with people with arthritis.
Back Care – the charity for healthier backs
www.backcare.org.uk
Independent, national charity providing information and promoting self-help via regional support groups.
Complementary Medical Association
www.the-cma.org.uk
A not-for-profit organization that aims to promote ethical, responsible and professional complementary medicine to the public and medical profession.
Patient UK
www.patient.co.uk
Directory of information and medical websites.
British Homeopathic Association
www.trusthomeopathy.org
Promotes education and research in homeopathy. Local practitioner facility.
Scoliosis Association UK
www.sauk.org.uk
Independent support group for scoliosis.
National Osteoporosis Society
www.nos.org.uk
Dedicated to improving diagnosis, prevention and treatment of Osteoporosis. Local support groups available.
National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society
www.nass.co.uk
Information and local support groups.