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I was surprised to wake up this morning to a winter wonderland. The first snowfall is always beautiful, but for many of us it means it’s time to dust off that darn shovel. I watched people shovel while I was walking today and noticed that many people were using their backs to do the lifting.… Continue Reading Take this Snow and Shovel It!

Are you tired of the nipping pain between your shoulder blades or the burning sensation in your upper back at the end of a long day? When we think of back pain, we tend to think of our lower back like we talked about in last week’s article. Low back pain is the most common… Continue Reading Safe at Home: Upper Back Strain

For the past few weeks, I have written about the importance of feet and alignment. Walking is one of the best exercises to strengthen your feet and improve cardiovascular fitness. Most of us don’t think about walking. We’ve been walking our whole lives and by golly we know how to walk, right? What you may… Continue Reading Safe at Home: The Wonderful Art of Walking

When we think about walking, most people think of the lower body. This week I want to focus on how we move our upper body when we take a stroll. Movement starts when we are babies. One of our first methods of moving is crawling. When we crawl, we learn to coordinate and synchronize our… Continue Reading Safe at Home: Swing into Autumn

When you are told to “brace yourself,” it usually means that you need to be prepared for something unknown to happen. For this reason, I like the term abdominal bracing. If we learn how to wake up our abdominal muscles and brace ourselves, our body will be prepared for whatever challenge the day has to… Continue Reading Brace Yourself