Snow shoveling is a repetitive activity that can cause muscle strain in the lower back and shoulders.
Physical therapists suggest that you wait until the afternoon to shovel because your chances of injury are greater in the morning when there is more fluid pressure in the disc. Also, lift smaller loads and bend your knees as you lift, so your legs are taking the load, not your back.
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Christina Slade, PT

1988 Graduate
Ithaca College

Staff member since 1995.
christina@lamarcopt.com

Christina is a 1988 graduate of Ithaca College's Physical Therapy Program. And has been employed at LaMarco Physical Therapy since 1995. Prior to joining LaMarco Physical Therapy, she worked in acute care, outpatients, rehabilitation and cardiac rehab at St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, New York. There she helped to develop and facilitate a fibromyalgia group program. Christina is a manual therapist with special expertise in the area of myofascial release, craniosacral therapy and aquatic therapy.

At LaMarco Physical Therapy, you can expect personalized, hands on, one to one patient care, at each visit.

We offer caring, skillful professionals with over 60 years of combined experience. Our therapists are known for their personal, individualized attention to patients.

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Physical therapists say that a child's backpack should weight no more than 10 to 15 percent of his or her body weight.

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