It is important to be proactive in spinal care to optimise lifelong health and wellbeing. Healthy habits include maintaining good posture and regular activity. The global burden of spinal disorders is substantial, affecting over one billion people worldwide and predicted to increase. Prevention and proactive care are key to ongoing spinal wellbeing.
Which healthy habits could you maintain?
- Good ergonomics whether you’re desk based, driving for work or relaxing at home.
- Movement breaks if desk based.
- Be conscious of mobile device use, in some circles repetitive neck strain has been nick-named ‘tech neck’.
- Manual handling: working in an industry involving manual handling means you are often movement conscious at work, but are you as conscious moving things at home or ‘light objects?’
- Activity: 30 minutes of physical activity a day is useful to keep the joints and muscles moving.
- Exercise your way; with movement it is ‘Use it or lose it.’
Find out more at: www.worldspineday.org
