Brain Awareness Week: Day Five

Brain Awareness Week: Day Five

Mar 15, 2024 | Awareness week

  The Central Nervous System The central nervous system (CNS) is composed of the brain and the spinal cord. Its main function is as the processing center for the nervous system, taking in information received through sensory systems and other parts of the body,...
Brain Awareness Week: Day Four

Brain Awareness Week: Day Four

Mar 14, 2024 | Awareness week

  Cranial Nerves and Spinal CSF Leak For day four of Brain Awareness Week, we’re discussing the impact of spinalcerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak on cranial nerves. The cranial nerves are a group of 12 paired nerves that start in the back of your brain and extend...
Pain Awareness Month

Pain Awareness Month

Sep 1, 2023 | News

September is pain awareness month For most people experiencing spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, pain is one of the most prominent, unrelenting symptoms, and treating it and living with it can be extremely challenging. According to the US Pain Foundation, 50...
Happy Father’s Day: A Father’s Story

Happy Father’s Day: A Father’s Story

Jun 19, 2022 | News

Happy Father’s Day from the Spinal CSF Leak Foundation! All during Leakweek 2022, we shared stories from families affected by spinal CSF leak. In this video excerpt, Burke speaks about what it took to advocate for his son Jack when Jack developed symptoms of a spinal...
New: Downloadable “Fact or Fiction?” cards

New: Downloadable “Fact or Fiction?” cards

Jun 17, 2022 | News

All throughout #leakweek2022, we invited our community to test their spinal CSF leak knowledge via “Fact or Fiction?” graphics devised by the Foundation, Spinal CSF Leak Canada, and The CSF Leak Association. Now all of the cards are available in our Resource Documents...