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Show : Hsdge City Nefvs NOVEMBER 4, 1994 patient PAGE 20 intorbiantion _ i Shoveling Snow Can Be Dangerous To Your Health. If You Are Going To Shovel Snow, Be Careful. There’s nothing prettier than a new-fallen snow—nothing more dangerous to your health either, according to the Council on Orthopedics of the American Chiropractic Association (ACA). The tragedy of the fatal or nearfatal heart attack or stroke attributed to shoveling snow tends to overshadow a hazard that is pounds of snow. Snow seems to present a challenge to most people; the cold air invigorates them to action; and, the same cold air numbs their sense of pain and fatigue, the tremendous cumulative thereby masking the severity of weight one has to lift to clear an sprain and strain. The result: too area. The average driveway or ~ much exertion and too much walk will hold hundreds of work without rest breaks. even more common. The same snow which causes heart stress also causes dangerous spinal disc stress. When you consider a shovel of snow weighs five to ten pounds, you realize Main Street Family Chiropractic Dr. Thomas D. McGinn 411 South Main, Milford Phone: 387-2468 American Chiropractic Assoclation © 1993 |