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The Inter-professional Spine Assessment and Education Clinics (ISAEC) is an innovative, upstream, shared-care model of care in which patients receive rapid low back pain assessment (less than three weeks on average), education and evidence-based self-management plans. It is designed to decrease the prevalence of unmanageable chronic low back pain, reduce unnecessary diagnostic imaging as well as unnecessary specialist referral.

ISAEC launched in Toronto, Hamilton and Thunder Bay in November 2012. During the pilot, the program was successful in decreasing MRI utilization by over 30% within the ISAEC network as well as documenting a significant reduction in the risk of chronicity for patients with low back pain while maintaining extremely high patient (99%) and primary care provider (97%) satisfaction rates.

In April 2018, the ISAEC Program will be rolling out across Ontario as part of the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care's exciting vision for musculoskeletal care.

The ISAEC Program is funded by the Government of Ontario.

Suffering from low back pain?
Please ask your Primary Care Provider about being referred to ISAEC.

Already referred to ISAEC?
Please complete the Patient Intake Form before your ISAEC appointment.

ISAEC Low Back Pain Exercises
To access ISAEC approved Low Back Pain exercise videos please click here

ISAEC Intake Form
To optimize your time with your ISAEC Advance Practice Clinician, we recommend that you download and complete the ISAEC Patient Intake Form prior to your first appointment.

ISAEC Patient Intake Form
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