Flexible Fitness: Tips To Stay Healthy While Snow Shoveling This Season

Now that winter has officially started, we are all thinking about the next impending blizzard. According to the American Journal of Emergency Medicine, shoveling snow sends an average of 11,000 adults and children to the hospital each year for various reasons. Despite that snow shoveling is considered a moderate physical activity, it can be strenuous on your joints, muscles and cardiovascular system.

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