With Posture Month quickly approaching, it is a good time to examine how you as a healthcare professional can promote healthy posture your patients.

The trend towards exercise creates an opening for those of us focused on posture. Posture Month is an opportunity to create awareness of an important issue affecting how well they exercise, as well as how they can avoid injuries and maximize the benefits of their workout. The first step in building the value of helping people to strengthen their posture.

Inactivity and obesity were linked to the rising incidence of many cancers from 1999 to 2008, despite improved screening and a sharp decline in people smoking pushing down the rate of overall new diagnoses, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Boomers who won't go quietly into the sunset and so will want to keep active, and and will "show society as a whole that they are capable of doing much more than sitting in the proverbial rocking chair or playing golf all day " according to a recent Atlanta Journal article.

Pre- and post- exercise muscle biopsy shows actual improvement in muscle function,

According to a new study, chiropractic spinal manipulation has the potential to improve lung function in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

"ACA's partnership with BodyZone has arrived at a perfect time as DCs begin to implement new approaches to health and wellness into their practices," said ACA President Keith Overland, DC.

Two out of three front page headlines from today's Wall Street Journal, Personal section were about wellness (WSJ 1/3/12).  2012 is off to a great start for wellness in the media!