World Spine Day 2020 World Spine Day takes place on October 16th each year and is celebrated on every continent! An estimated one billion people suffer with spinal pain worldwide and it is the world’s biggest single cause of disability. World Spine Day highlights the importance of good posture, responsible lifting and promotes physical activity. Most back pain is primarily caused by our repeated movements: the way we move and sit. With repeated unhealthy movement we accumulate stress in specific spinal joints and develop hinge points, particularly the lower spine. To get rid of that hinge point we need to pay attention to the way we do things. It takes months for the body to heal; replace these weak stressed tissues with new tougher tissues. Having said that, you will notice the improvements in pain with proper movement much sooner! The hip-hinge To pick things up, avoid buckling through the lower back. Bend through knees and hinge at the hips to keep the hollow at the base of the...