India, Oct. 15 -- 16 October is observed as World Spine Day to raise awareness regarding spinal health. This year's theme is 'invest in your spine.' On this observance day, let's take a closer look at some of the daily harmful habits.

To understand how some common habits may impact spinal health, Dr Gaurav Batra, neurosurgeon of brain and spine at Max Super Speciality Hospital at Vaishali, shared with HT Lifestyle, that one needs to take care of the spine as it is the very bedrock of the body's architecture, responsible for the majority of movements. But nowadays, some daily habits put spinal health at risk, causing severe backache.

"Back pain will also accumulate slowly and will become increasingly worse. Most stress that is acquired f...