A Spinal Champion Advocate is a patient that volunteers their time to answer questions from people who are just beginning their spine health journey. They help others find strength, comfort and peer-to-peer support.
Spinal Champion Advocates are real spine patients invited into the program by the National Spine Health Foundation and offer truthful insights on topics such as: diagnosis, recovery, questions to ask, second opinions, finding emotional support, and finding educational resources.
Our Spinal Champion Advocates are available to answer questions for other patients who are beginning their spine health journey. You can read their stories and submit a question below.
Our Spinal Champion Advocates volunteer their time to speak with other patients about resources that they found helpful in their own patient journey. Spinal Champion Advocates do not offer professional medical advice nor make diagnoses. Rather, they share their own patient experiences. They are not employees of the National Spine Health Foundation. Spinal Champion Advocates may choose not to respond to patient messages that appear to be spam or abuse. they are not required to respond, they are encouraged to forward requests to the NSHF Program Manager. The National Spine Health Foundation reserves the right to remove them from the Spinal Champion Advocates program at any time.
Spinal Champion Advocates do not offer professional medical advice nor make diagnoses. Rather, they share their own patient experiences. They are not employees of the National Spine Health Foundation and their views do not necessarily reflect those of the National Spine Health Foundation. Spinal Champion Advocates may choose not to respond to patient messages that appear to be spam or abuse. They are not required to respond to patient messages and all conversations had are on a volunteer basis. If Advocates choose not to respond, they are encouraged to forward requests to the NSHF Program Manager. The National Spine Health Foundation reserves the right to remove them from the Spinal Champion Advocate program at any time.
