02/01/2026
I hurt My Back Shoveling: Now What?
We’re only part way through winter, and folks with snow shoveling injuries are pouring into the virtual PT clinic. I’ve treated shoulder strains, nerve injury from falling, knee clicks and hip aches. But there’s one problem that I see most this time of year–back pain.
Snow shoveling puts 11,500 Americans in the ER every year, and lower back pain is the number one complaint. It makes sense; shoveling is demanding, your mechanics get altered, and dangit, you have to get to work, so hurry up and shovel! This is what happened to my patient, Jolene, a school teacher. I’ll share how we got Jolene better after a bad snow shoveling injury, and I’ll share things you can do to avoid getting hurt this winter.
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