When it comes to spinal health habits, everyone has room for improvement

The most ubiquitous spinal habits which cause harm include:

• Poor diet
• Poor posture
• Poor lifting technique
• Smoking
• Lack of exercise 
• Overuse of technology

Many of these malefactors go hand-in-hand; for example, lack of exercise and poor diet leads to weight gain which makes good posture more difficult; overuse of technology contributes to lack of exercise and poor posture. But all of these factors lead down the same road, the one that points toward back pain. The sooner we realize this, the sooner we can start exercising control over the factors that matter for keeping our spines healthy. 

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