16 October 2025
Invest in Your Spine
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About World Spine Day
World Spine Day, held on 16 October each year, is a key opportunity to promote spinal health, prevention, and access to quality care. As the largest global initiative dedicated to spinal health, it highlights the impact of spinal pain and disability while encouraging proactive steps for lifelong health.
Launched in 2008, World Spine Day is organised by the World Federation of Chiropractic, of which the ACA is the Australian member. Today, more than 600 organisations worldwide support the initiative annually.
Through this campaign, people are encouraged to care for their spines and stay active by maintaining good posture, engaging in regular physical activity, practising safe lifting techniques, and supporting healthy working conditions.
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Invest in Your Spine
The 2025 campaign calls on people to prioritise spinal health in all aspects of life. Evidence has shown that immobility and a lack of physical activity are contributors to spinal pain and disability. In 2020, a staggering 619 million people worldwide were affected by low back pain, and this number is projected to increase to 843 million by 2025.1 As of 2017, low back pain continues to be the leading cause of years lived with disability.2This year’s campaign theme, ‘Invest in Your Spine,’ encourages people everywhere to take simple, preventative steps to support spinal health. With around 90% of low back pain classified as non-specific – meaning it cannot be confidently linked to another diagnosis such as an underlying disease or tissue damage – the value of healthy daily habits cannot be overstated.
Risk factors for back pain include low physical activity, smoking, and high physical stress at work. On the other hand, maintaining an active lifestyle, using ergonomic workspaces, stretching regularly, and reducing device use are all positive steps that can improve spinal health and overall wellbeing.
Join the Movement
Your spine is the backbone of your body, quite literally. Taking care of it through regular physical activity and spinal health awareness can lead to a happier, healthier life. Join us in the #InvestInYourSpine campaign this #WorldSpineDay, and let’s work together to reduce spinal pain and disability worldwide. For more information visit worldspineday.org
1. World Health Organisation, Low Back Pain, accessed 24/7/23, <https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/low-back-pain>
2. Findings From The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 <https://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/policy_report/2019/GBD_2017_Booklet.pdf>
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Straighten Up
Stretching and performing spinal exercises can help improve spinal health and the way the body functions.The ACA’s Straighten Up initiative offers a simple set of stretching exercises that takes just three minutes to complete. Designed to improve posture, stabilise core muscle groups, boost overall health, and help prevent spinal disability, these exercises are most effective when incorporated into a daily routine. The goal is for all Australians to dedicate just a few minutes each day to caring for their spinal health – much like they already do for their dental health.
International studies show the benefits of adopting Straighten Up as a daily habit: 90% of participants reported improvements in posture, while around 80% said their backs felt more comfortable and their core stability improved after several weeks of regular practice.
For more information on the ACA’s Straighten Up initiative, visit straightenup.org.au
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Find a Chiro
This campaign is particularly important for chiropractors and other health professionals as it calls for a greater global commitment to tackling spinal pain and disability by governments, communities, and public health bodies worldwide.Visiting an ACA chiropractor is key in helping Australians to improve their spinal health this World Spine Day.
They can provide you with advice and assistance, as well as tailored and appropriate care to help improve your strength, flexibility, balance and overall wellbeing.
To find an ACA chiropractor near you, visit findachiro.org.au
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About World Spine Day
World Spine Day, held on 16 October each year, is a key opportunity to promote spinal health, prevention, and access to quality care. As the largest global initiative dedicated to spinal health, it highlights the impact of spinal pain and disability while encouraging proactive steps for lifelong health.
Launched in 2008, World Spine Day is organised by the World Federation of Chiropractic, of which the ACA is the Australian member. Today, more than 600 organisations worldwide support the initiative annually.
Through this campaign, people are encouraged to care for their spines and stay active by maintaining good posture, engaging in regular physical activity, practising safe lifting techniques, and supporting healthy working conditions.
Invest in Your Spine
The 2025 campaign calls on people to prioritise spinal health in all aspects of life. Evidence has shown that immobility and a lack of physical activity are contributors to spinal pain and disability. In 2020, a staggering 619 million people worldwide were affected by low back pain, and this number is projected to increase to 843 million by 2025.1 As of 2017, low back pain continues to be the leading cause of years lived with disability.2
This year’s campaign theme, ‘Invest in Your Spine,’ encourages people everywhere to take simple, preventative steps to support spinal health. With around 90% of low back pain classified as non-specific – meaning it cannot be confidently linked to another diagnosis such as an underlying disease or tissue damage – the value of healthy daily habits cannot be overstated.
Risk factors for back pain include low physical activity, smoking, and high physical stress at work. On the other hand, maintaining an active lifestyle, using ergonomic workspaces, stretching regularly, and reducing device use are all positive steps that can improve spinal health and overall wellbeing.
Join the Movement
Your spine is the backbone of your body, quite literally. Taking care of it through regular physical activity and spinal health awareness can lead to a happier, healthier life. Join us in the #InvestInYourSpine campaign this #WorldSpineDay, and let’s work together to reduce spinal pain and disability worldwide. For more information visit worldspineday.org
1. World Health Organisation, Low Back Pain, accessed 24/7/23, <https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/low-back-pain>
2. Findings From The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 <https://www.healthdata.org/sites/default/files/files/policy_report/2019/GBD_2017_Booklet.pdf>
Straighten Up
Stretching and performing spinal exercises can help improve spinal health and the way the body functions.
The ACA’s Straighten Up initiative offers a simple set of stretching exercises that takes just three minutes to complete. Designed to improve posture, stabilise core muscle groups, boost overall health, and help prevent spinal disability, these exercises are most effective when incorporated into a daily routine. The goal is for all Australians to dedicate just a few minutes each day to caring for their spinal health – much like they already do for their dental health.
International studies show the benefits of adopting Straighten Up as a daily habit: 90% of participants reported improvements in posture, while around 80% said their backs felt more comfortable and their core stability improved after several weeks of regular practice.
For more information on the ACA’s Straighten Up initiative, visit straightenup.org.au
Find a Chiro
This campaign is particularly important for chiropractors and other health professionals as it calls for a greater global commitment to tackling spinal pain and disability by governments, communities, and public health bodies worldwide.
Visiting an ACA chiropractor is key in helping Australians to improve their spinal health this World Spine Day.
They can provide you with advice and assistance, as well as tailored and appropriate care to help improve your strength, flexibility, balance and overall wellbeing.
To find an ACA chiropractor near you, visit findachiro.org.au
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