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October is National Spinal Health Month. As doctors of chiropractic, this is a particularly appropriate time for us to examine our own levexplore strategies ourselves in these vital areas. It is a great time to focus on spinal health promotion.

Before sharing some of the concepts and practices that find exciting about spinal health and wellness, I have to make a confession.Thirteen years ago, as a 45-year-old doctor of chiropractic, I would have laughed out loud if someone had told me that I would be writing this article. At that time I had developed classic chronic, slouched posture with stooped shoulders, a sunken chest, anterior head carriage, and strained head and neck extensor muscles. I was experiencing subluxations of a chronic nature and was stiff and sore in my cervical and horacic spinal regions. My weak core musculature and hyperlordotic lumbar spine ere also causing me multiple other health problems.

Through self-study and use of some exercises from Dr. LeRoy Perry and a kung fu-adept student of mine, I made significant improvements in my posture and spinal health. Because of the intimacy of the interface between the spinal column and the nervous system, my entire quality of life has since changed for the better.Today, I teach spinal health classes to senior adults in their 80s who are improving their posture, core stability, integrative functions, balance and equilibrium, and quality of life.

In attempting to make spinal health improvements, it is well to consider the factors that impact our spinal health and quality of life.Though heredity has tremendous importance, our choices, habits, and lifestyles are also extremely powerful health determinants that can be improved with motivation and encouragement. If our patients-or we-want to make significant improvements in our levels of spinal health and our quality of life, we will need to change our spinal health habits.These include our postural, exercise-related, dietary, ergonomie, and sleeping habits, to name a few. We will need to assess our strengths and weaknesses. Once this is accomplished, we can begin to set specific, measurable goals in areas of maximal impact.

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