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Did you know...

According to the National Institutes of Health:

• At some point, neck or back pain affects an estimated 9 out of 10 people.  It is one of our society's most common medical problems.

 

• The first attack of neck or low back pain typically occurs between the ages of 30 and 40. Spinal pain becomes more common with age.
• With symptoms ranging from a dull ache to absolute agony, back pain can put your life on hold.
• Back pain is second only to the common cold on causing missed workdays for adults under age 45.
• There are 35 million office visits for neck and low back pain per year.
• Over 400,000 medical admissions occur per year for neck and low back pain.

Your contribution of just as little as $35.00 can help fund much needed research for Techniques to cure, manage and prevent these conditions need to be developed, implemented and proven. Your support will help continue progress as well as offer hope for people like my father and the thousands of other individuals and their families facing the diagnosis of spinal disease.

The Spinal Research Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. The profits from the event will go directly to SRF to support programs focused on research, education, awareness and advocacy. Every tax-deductible donation made to the SRF, regardless of size, will help bring us one step closer to finding a cure.