Empowering Lives with Knowledge and Hope
We provide innovative spine health resources through research, education, and advocacy—offering answers and hope to restore lives.
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Bone Health
Learn key strategies to keep your bones strong and your spine healthy.
Military & Veterans
Gain insight into the range of spinal care needs for active military personnel and veterans.
Motion Preservation
Uncover advanced treatments that keep your spine moving and you active.
Opioids & Pain
Explore expert insights on safe opioid use and modern pain management.
Start Your Journey
Every journey to spinal wellness is unique and complex. We're here to guide and empower you, wherever you are on your path from awareness to recovery.
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A Healthy Spine for Athletes of All Ages
Protecting Your Spine While Staying Active Sports are a fantastic way to stay fit, build strength,...
Arthritis and the Spine
Spine arthritis affects millions worldwide, especially as we age. This article delves into the intricate details...
From Posture to Pulse: The Heart-Spine Connection
February is all about the heart, whether it’s chocolate-filled and wrapped in red for Valentine’s Day...
What Are Your Symptoms?
Understand your symptoms for a better conversation with your doctor.
Our Partners
The National Spine Health Foundation has partnered with other healthcare societies that support policies and initiatives that offer much needed help to patients as they embark on their journey to spinal health.
Why I Give.
Ray F. Pugsley
“I support the National Spine Health Foundation because proper medical care quite literally saved my life. As a 27-year-old Olympic Trials athlete, I was suddenly unable to walk due to a spinal injury. Proper medical care allowed me to resume the life I wanted to live; not only live but thrive.”
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Eric Major
“We are focused on developing technologies and education for patients because neck and back pain is the leading cause of disabilities for patients. The National Spine Health Foundation is focused, as a community, to help educate and work with patients and physicians and caregivers around the world.”
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Jamie Harvey
“I'm involved in the National Spine Health Foundation because of the ripple effect it has through the spine health community. Join us to support the doctors, the patients, the caretakers, and others as we continue the fight to improve spine health.”
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Lawrence Lenke, MD
“I am a very proud board member of the National Spine Health Foundation, whose main mission is to optimize spinal health care for all. This is accomplished through providing unbiased information and education on various spinal problems as well as non-operative and operative treatments available to treat such patients. Please help us in our mission of providing optimal spine healthcare for all those suffering from various spinal diseases.”
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David W. Poley
“An important area, that has been left aside has been educating patients and advocating for patients who have adverse spinal conditions. That gap is now being filled after three decades by the National Spine Health Foundation. I am very fortunate to be part of this organization. We are bringing industry along to help advance the education of patients and we want your support in doing that.”
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Your Answers,
Your Way
At the National Spine Health Foundation, we empower patients with knowledge so they have the tools to make the best informed choices.
Join Us in Transforming Lives.
Your support can transform a patient’s life – and with every patient we help, we change the future of spine health together. As a nonprofit organization, philanthropy fuels our mission. We rely on supporters like you to help fund our educational, research, and advocacy efforts.
Please, consider a gift to support our mission to empower patients with the knowledge and hope to take charge of their spine health.