Sunday 16th October is World Spine Day which is part of the Bone and Joint Decade Action Week – BJD – (12th to 20th October) which occurs each year in October.

As you know Tone Tellefsen Hughes and her team of chiropractors at Luck’s Yard Clinic in Milford, Surrey are enthusiastic about helping their patients gain control of their own health by supporting them, not only with chiropractic care, but also exercises to help promote the healing process and prevent further problems.

The team at Luck’s Yard will be supporting BJD week by posting on Facebook and tweeting advice on how to help you stay healthy and keep moving.

Launched in January 2000, the BJD – Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health is an independent global non-profit organization with headquarters in England, which is supported by more than 750 related organizations globally.

The goal of the BJD is to improve the health-related quality of life for people with musculoskeletal disorders throughout the world. The Bone and Joint Decade does this through the following aims:

  •  To reduce the social and financial cost of musculoskeletal disorders to society
  •  To empower patients to make decisions about their care
  •  To improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment for all patients
  •  To advance research on prevention and treatment

 

The BJD encompasses diseases associated with musculoskeletal disorders such as joint diseases, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, inflammatory joint diseases, back pain, spinal disorders, severe trauma to the extremities, crippling diseases and deformities in children as well as others.

Its organizational tag-line is to ‘Keep People Moving’.

The theme “Straighten Up and Move” was introduced in 2012 and emphasized the importance of healthy spinal posture and activity which promote body awareness and minimizes the day- to-day wear and tear on a person’s spine.

About Straighten Up and Move

  • The Straighten Up and Move program is an innovative health promotion initiative designed to empower people everywhere toward better spinal health and an improved quality of life.
  • It is aimed at people of all ages, genders and cultures and consists of a series of simple exercises and lifestyle recommendations taking just minutes each day to complete
  • Straighten Up and Move modules promote the improvement of posture and body core stabilization to help in the prevention of spinal conditions.
  • They are easy and fun and can be completed quickly as a regular day-to-day preventative health practice. The 2-3 minute routines can help improve and prevent poor posture, which is a common trigger for general back and neck pain and can be undertaken by all ages.
  • Straighten Up and Move resource materials can be downloaded from the Resources section of the WSD website.

 

Tone at Luck’s Yard Clinic has made an app called ChiroMoves that helps you with the healing process. All our Chirporactors understand the importance of doing the right exercises, stretches and movements to help continue the process of healing. These simple exercises and stretches have been designed to be practiced throughout the day to help keep you moving.

Click on this link to find out more about ChiroMoves: http://www.lucksyardclinic.com/chiromoves-lucks-yard-chiropractic-app/

 

Useful websites:

Bone and Joint Decade

http://www.boneandjointdecade.org/

Straighten Up

http://straightenupamerica.org/

Just Start Walking

http://www.life.edu/sua-juststartwalking/info