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.
Meet our Staff Members

Jonna LaMarco, PT

1981 Graduate
Universaty of Buffalo

Owner of Lamarco PT.
jonna@lamarcopt.com

Jonna is the owner and founder of LaMarco Physical Therapy. She graduated from the physical therapy Program at the University of Buffalo in 1981.

She attended numerous continuing education seminars to further enhance her clinical skills. She has been in private practice since 1988. Prior to opening LaMarco Physical Therapy, she worked in acute care, rehabilitation, home care and taught aerobic exercise. Her area of expertise includes most orthopaedic diagnoses, with special emphasis on treatment of low back and neck pain, as well as TMJ dysfunction. She has completed the entire series of Robin McKenzie's Approach to the Treatment of Spinal Pain. She is a manual therapist and believes strongly in patient education.

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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