• Sit up straight to lengthen the neck; when sitting a computer, make sure your arms are no higher than 90 degrees.
• The simplest way to avoid back and muscle strain and pain, is to keep your back straight and keep walking.
• Walking is good to do because the deep breathing also strengthens the torso muscles. Use tools, such as garden carts or furniture sliders, when trying to move large objects.
• If the spine is too curved, the muscles have to work so much harder. It’s very important that if you pick up a chair or something from the oven or a pail of water … that you pick it up correctly and hold it close to your body.
• Don’t to stress one side of the body over the other: change sides when doing activities such as raking or shoveling.
• It is helpful to reduce your weight because there is less pressure on your body. There’s no reason to wear our joints down sooner than they have to, any pressure on the joints should be minimized.
• After Knee surgery physical therapy and exercises are essential to helping a patient’s knee become usable again. There are tissues, like muscles and tendons, that are doing something different than what they were doing before. Physical therapy and exercises help in regaining mobility and flexibility and relieving pain.
• Most insurance policies cover physical therapy services when provided by a physical therapist.

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