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TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SPINAL HEALTH CARE!

The Virginia Spine Institute is proud to team up with the Spinal Research Foundation (a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization) to host the Fifth Annual, “We’ve Got Your Back” 5K race and 1 mile fun run/walk for spinal health. All proceeds from the race directly benefit the Spinal Research Foundation’s mission to improve spinal health care [...]


CLINICAL TRIALS 101: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU PAY IT FORWARD IN SPINAL HEALTH CARE

As the Director of Research for the Spinal Research Foundation, a national non-profit 501 (c) (3), I lead the organization to focus on three aspects of patient care; research, education, and patient advocacy. Regarding the research, we perform both prospective and retrospective studies.  Retrospective research means we look back at the procedures that we have [...]


TO HAVE SPINAL SURGERY, OR NOT TO HAVE SPINAL SURGERY, THAT IS THE QUESTION.

This is a question that is frequently asked by patients.  Many state that they have been told to never have spinal surgery.  Spinal surgery historically has developed a poor reputation because of decades of poor results.  This created a misperception that if one has spinal surgery that his or her life would never be the [...]


FOURTH ANNUAL “WE’VE GOT YOUR BACK” RACE FOR SPINAL HEALTH HOSTED BY THE VIRGINIA SPINE INSTITUTE RAISES $100,000

The fourth annual event was held on May 14th at the flagship site at the Virginia Spine Institute in Reston, Virginia. The event raised over $100,000 in support of the Spinal Research Foundation’s (a national 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization) mission to improve spinal health care through research, education, and patient advocacy.  “This is our [...]