Until today, Nicaragua has not had access to the equipment to build a Halo Gravity Traction program in #Nicaragua. #SpineHope shipped the equipment to Dr. Fernando Vélez Paiz Hospital in Managua. The program officially started TODAY thanks to surgeon Dr. Kenneth Illingworth!

@SpineHope Patient Update - Last week I completed a month since my #scoliosis surgery and celebrated my 18th birthday. My family and I remain very grateful to the entire #SpineHope team for this great gift 💗, greetings to all! - Isabella from @Nicaragua #gift

@SpineHope would like to pay tribute to our Nicaragua trip volunteers. Each volunteer made significant individual contributions that led to this collective life-changing impact! #volunteer #Nicaragua #scoliosis #spinesurgery #heroes #medtronic #nuvasive #hycu #atec

This week ⁦SpineHope will embark upon its largest surgical mission trip since before the pandemic. Our team was at Hospital Fernando Vélez Pais in Nicaragua today with our surgical partner, Dr. Zeyra Lopez, and her team assessing 30 patients with complex spinal deformities.

A successful first day in the operating room for the SpineHope team and our local partners at Hospital Fernando Vélez Pais! After completing two successful scoliosis corrections, we would like to thank each of our surgical mission trip volunteers for their service! #Nicaragua

Clinic day went by in a flash thanks to the fun goodie bags donated by @cgscoliosis! The waiting room was . We are so grateful to this amazing organization for supporting our work and empowering girls with scoliosis all over the world! #curvygirls

For years many years @Medtronic has partnered with @spinehope to supply our surgical mission trips with the indispensable equipment, product and spinal impants necessary to perform every life-changing operation. We are deeply grateful for this longstanding partnership! #medtronic

@spinehope is fortunate to have three sensational volunteer spine surgeons, spanning the USA, on our team this week! We are incredibly grateful to Dr. Matthew Geck, Dr. Alec Stall and Dr. Kenneth Illingworth for their dedication to our mission! #Nicaragua

Thank you to Charlie Bull, David Hawley, and the rest of the team at @alphatecspine Orlando for their generous donation of a new, state-of-the-art surgical table. Because of this gift, SpineHope has the ability to run two operating rooms at once! #spinehope #nicaragua #alphatec

10 successful spine surgeries in 4 days! All of the week’s SpineHope patients are recovering well. Thanks to the kind folks @higgybears, each patient has a special scoliosis teddy to help them power through their recovery! #spinehope #volunteer #surgery #Nicaragua #higgybears