Your spine is a master communications network housing 31 pairs of spinal nerves that control every organ, muscle, and sensation in your body. Understanding how spinal health directly affects nervous system function reveals why posture, core strength, stress management, and regular movement are essential preventive strategies. — Nervous system; five figures, showing the nerves, brain and Wellcome V0008027ER.jpg by Wikimedia Commons contributor / CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.