Sheffield is mostly famous for producing stainless steel. In the 21st century it can also be proud of its innovative back pain website which has the endorsement of the Sheffield NHS. This website is easy to navigate with information for health professionals, patients and employers. It could become a weekly website tool for health professionals with patients exhibiting back pain. All resources are visually reinforced with short videos. Health professional resources include:

• Examination techniques
• Patient advice sheets
• Yellow flags START back tool

The website navigates from the bottom of the page. The patient resources give advice on which activities to modify, reduce anxiety and return to health.  Pete Moore’s Pain Toolkit (with delightful cartoons) is a quick & simple resource to give consumers some tips to guide them back to better health.     http://www.sheffieldbackpain.com/

Managing Persistent Pain in Adolescents, a handbook for therapists, Roslyn Rogers, 2008. Radcliffe. Roslyn, an occupational therapist has spent many years working with adolescents in a multidisciplinary pain management clinic in Melbourne. She has kindly allowed us to reproduce the Appendix to the book for this website. The following strategies cover: sleep, breathing, relaxation, managing pain behaviour, helpful thoughts, learning to focus, mindfulness meditation, how to record practice and templates for record practice.

Strategies for sleep
Imagining a special place
Managing pain behaviours
Using breath to find ease in movement
Easy breathing practice
Owning helpful thoughts
Learning to focus
Diaphragm breathing practice
Mindfulness meditation
Record of practice
Examples of a thought diary
Example of a thought diary 2