“We are proud to be a visionary sponsor for the North American Spine Foundation,” said Leanne Mattes, VP Marketing for Relax The Back. “Relax The Back Corporate and Franchises have a passion for helping people live free from back and neck pain and we are excited to have found a partner that shares that vision.”
Funds from Relax The Back will support the foundation’s research in adult and elderly care in conjunction with Jeffrey Wang, MD, and the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. The research supports the Spine 10×25 Initiative to reduce spine-related disability by 10 percent by the year 2025.
Spine-related impairment is among the most common causes for disability in the United States, according to recent studies, and costing around $250 billion annually.
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