In the US every year over 11,000 individuals suffer injury while shoveling snow. Around 100 people die from heart related issues per year while shoveling. A percentage of the more than 11,000 citizens that have musculoskeletal injuries who are seen for treatment and evaluation in Emergency departments (ED) annually. This number is based solely on ED data. Many more have injuries that that they deal with at home. They take medicine that masks the pain until the body heals or adapts to the the new normal. Perhaps, with other supportive treatment. Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) has helped re-establish normal alignment and the balance of forces to return the anatomy to usual alignment and decrease body discomfort.

There are many causes of low back pain (LBP). Some causes respond to various treatments, surgery. Some treatments may alter usual anatomy and that will change the way the body functions, and the pattern of tension and the balance of forces in the body.

The US national Institutes of Health recognizes that OMT is an effective treatment for LBP!