There is lots that you can do to help yourself if you have problems.
Spinal exercises are often helpful to relieve pain and to help joint problems recurring. Exercises will stretch tight muscles and mobilise stiff joints. As a general rule of thumb, if an exercise is uncomfortable and then gets easier, it is a helpful exercise. Conversely, if an exercise creates an increasing amount of pain it is better avoided. If in doubt consult your chiropractor. The exercises demonstrated here are simple, generic exercises that are prescribed by many practitioners for many conditions. Use your common sense with them please. (Boring legal stuff:If you are not a patient of ours, we cannot accept any liability for you injuring yourself etc etc....)
For low back problems start with a series of simple low back flexibility exercises.
For neck problems, start with a series of simple neck mobility exercises
As a general rule, doing exercise is good for you. For those who need some encouragement, go to www.gmap-pedometer.com to trace a route and work out how many miles it is and how many calories it would take for you to do that distance. (Apparently it uses 1017 calories for Andrew to walk to the clinic and back home again!)