India, April 25 -- Open social media, and you will be bombarded with videos suggesting different exercise forms for losing weight, improving back posture, a flat belly, and more. While there is no ending to these exercise suggestions, finding the one that suits you right is quite daunting. Looking at the transformations, people often fall for these exercises and follow the trend for the results. In an Instagram post on April 24, 2026, Dr Chandratej Kadam, an endoscopic neurospine surgeon, ranked popular exercises based on how spine-friendly they are.

He said, "Not every popular move is spine-friendly-and blindly following trends could be doing more harm than good."

Sit-ups are known for strengthening the core muscles, including the rect...