New! Spine Health Journal
Our newest issue of The Spine Health Journal is now available online! This special issue features Guest Editor, Dr. Tom Mroz, from the Cleveland Clinic and focuses on neck problems. If you are interested in understanding more about the neck and treatments for neck problems, this is the issue for you!
Look Up!
With the average American adult spending around 8 hours per day looking at a phone or computer screen, that’s a lot of time spent looking down at our devices! This is why we have launched the “Look Up!” Campaign to address the growing concern of tech neck and its impact on spine health.
New Spine-Talks!
Join us for this captivating conversation with world-renowned spine surgeon, Lawrence Lenke, MD, and one of his scoliosis patients, Pat Schellhorn. Pat’s complex medical diagnosis left her feeling alone on her journey to find the right treatment. Between Pat’s perseverance to find the right doctor and Dr. Lenke’s expertise on spinal deformity, the two offer their insights on how patients can navigate the often confusing world of healthcare treatment.
Why Spine Health?
The spine is central to the entire body and cannot be replaced, leaving it as one of the most vital and under appreciated body parts we have. Today, over 100 million people in the US struggle with chronic spine and back pain. We can change that!
Learn More100M
Americans Suffer Each Year
#1
Reason for Opioid Prescriptions Outside of Cancer
#1
Job-Related Disability in the U.S.
$250B
Annual cost to U.S. economy per year
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Produce Award-Winning Research
Our award-winning research is focused on identifying the best treatment options for patients to overcome debilitating spinal conditions.
Cultivate a Patient-Centered Community
Our Spinal Champions program brings together individuals who have achieved improved quality of life through treatment for their neck or back pain to share their own stories of hope.
Provide Industry Leading Patient Education
Spine-Talks® brings you unparalleled access to world-class spine health experts, wherever you are.
Empower Patient Decisions
We’ve created a resource for patients to explore their symptoms and find relevant information about different spinal conditions.
Promote Useful Tips
Our Spinal Help Center offers Spinal Champion stories, spine health articles, videos on spine conditions and more!
Share Stories of Healing and Recovery
Our “Get Back to It” Podcast showcases inspiring accounts from our Spinal Champions on the steps they took to heal.
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.
Spinal Champion Stories.
Aaron Baker
Having always been very active and fit, it was a surprise to “throw my back out” at age 28. That incident started 12 years of every sort of conservative pain treatment I could find. This included pain medication, cortisone injections and nerve ablations.It wasn’t until a particularly miserable day in...
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Carrie Holl
I am a clinical psychologist in Northern Virginia, and now a Spinal Champion who had a successful C5-C6 disk replacement! Beginning in November 2021, I suffered severe nerve pain every night when lying down which resulted in sleep deprivation. During the day I experienced numbness and radiating pain. I...
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Pat Schellhorn
I am a retired physical education teacher and now a spinal champion who had a successful fusion of my entire spine. I never knew I had scoliosis until I was 16. I was helping my father and lifted something heavy, and I experienced severe pain in my thoracic area, and...
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