Education & Support Center

Millions of children and teens worldwide suffer from debilitating spine disorders, needing treatment, quality educational resources, and/or guidance on how to better cope with these conditions. Especially in low-income communities, access to quality spine care and educational resources is difficult or non-existent. Because spine treatment options are costly, conditions are oftentimes ignored. Many are told they cannot be helped and/or advised to look outside their country for medical care. The negative impact this has on the children and their families (physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially) is enormous...and in some cases, crippling. In addition to dealing with physical pain and mobility issues, youth battle a variety of psychological challenges. We want to help as many youth and people we can, even those we cannot provide direct surgical treatment for.

So, we created this Education and Support Center to help youth and their families by offering helpful tips, videos, links, and educational resources to offer ideas on how to:

• Develop healthy coping mechanisms to battle depression and social out-casting,

• Boost self-esteem, self-worth, and confidence,

• Reconnect with the body/self in healthy ways to encourage positive body image,

• Improve nutrition,

• Increase mobility,

• Help manage pain in holistic ways, and live fuller, healthier lives!

We have Spanish Subtitles available for our video content. Please go to the setting on the individual video and select Spanish.