- Description
Central intake for patients with low back pain * provides patients with an assessment by an Advanced Practice Provider within 4 weeks of when the completed referral is received by the Central Intake Program * an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a regulated healthcare professional such as a physiotherapist, registered nurse, nurse practitioner or chiropractor with additional training in orthopedic care
Objectives of the program include:- improve outcomes and satisfaction for patients with persistent or unmanageable recurrent low back pain
- reduce opioid initiation through early non-pharmacological management
- decrease utilization of lumbar spine imaging such as MRIs
- reduce unnecessary emergency room visits for low back pain
- reduce unnecessary referrals to low back pain-related specialists
- improve access to specialist care
- Eligibility
People with persistent low back pain and/or related symptoms or recurrent episodic unmanageable lower back pain * must be 18 years or older * residents of Mississauga Halton region
Residency Requirements: Mississauga Halton region- Application Process
Primary Care Providers must register and complete an online module to obtain referral privileges
- Phone
905-338-2983 ext 4912
- Toll Free
- Office
- 905-338-2983 ext 4912
- Fax
- 1-833-230-6623
- Web Site
- lowbackrac.ca/
- [email protected]
- Mailing Address
- 2401 Bristol Circle
Suite 105
Oakville, ON, L6H 5S9
Canada - Languages
- English
- Fees
- Services covered by OHIP
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- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- Halton Information Providers
- Last Updated On
- March 22, 2026
- Last Verified On
- July 4, 2025
- Address
- 2401 Bristol Circle, Suite 105
Oakville, ON, L6H 5S9
Cross Street: Winston Churchill Blvd and Dundas St W
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- Fully Accessible
- Hours of Operation
Administration: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
- Service Area(s)
- Halton Region
- Mississauga
