effective management of spinal conditions

Ensure the right posture

Do you wake up in the morning with a painful back and find it a struggle to move around all day? Believe it or not, the cause could just be a simple case of adopting the wrong posture or a basic lack of activity. Until 2012, World Spine Day was not as centrally coordinated as World Arthritis Day or World Osteoporosis Day. According to the Bone and Joint Decade, this October marks the first official launch of World Spine Day in this decade and people around the world will join together to raise awareness around the prevention and effective management of spinal conditions. Spinal disorders, such as back pain, neck pain, scoliosis and disc disease, to name a few are common, and they can have a profound effect on a person's overall health, impacting a person's ability to work, to enjoy everyday activities and even disrupting healthy sleep patterns. Research has demonstrated that poor postures and inactivity can contribute to the development of back pain and other spinal disorders. That's why this year's theme for World Spine Day is ‘Straighten Up and Move,’ focusing on the importance of proper posture and movement in maintaining good spinal health.