Check out our April Newsletter, highlighting 8 tips to prevent low back pain this gardening season, exercise rehabilitation for multiple sclerosis, the best exercise to improve hip flexor stength, and the role of nutrition in osteoarthritis symptom management.

With the start of spring, many of us begin planning our gardens, including weeding, raking, and preparing for planting. Gardening has many health benefits, but injuries can occur. The low back can be particularly susceptible to injury during gardening as bending, lifting, and squatting can cause you to twist your body into awkward positions or to overstretch, leading to muscle strains or sprains. Check out our 8 tips to prevent low back pain this gardening season!

Check out our April 2023 Newsletter, highlighting the importance of prehabilitation before surgery, return to throwing using the rebounder, the role of nutrition after joint replacement surgery, and preventing knee pain during spring gardening.

As we step into spring, many of us are planning and starting our gardens, weeding, raking, and preparing for planting. Gardening has numerous health benefits: building strength, promoting sleep, boosting mood, and getting quality sunshine and Vitamin D. However, gardening does place stress and strain on joints and muscles when digging, planting, weeding, mulching, and raking, particularly the knee. Gardener’s knee is a common gardening-related injury that involves inflammation, swelling, and pain in the bursa at the front of the kneecap. To prevent knee pain when gardening, check out our gardening injury prevention tips!

Check out our April Newsletter which highlights our spring gardening infographic, core strengthening during pregnancy, ACL rehabilitation after surgery, and celebrating Parkinson’s Awareness Month.

Check out our 10 spring gardening injury prevention tips in our latest infographic! While gardening has many health benefits, it also is a physically demanding activity that can place strain and stress on your body. Keep these 10 tips in mind to prevent injury while gardening this spring!