Prairie Fare: Take care of your muscles and joints this winter

Overuse and arthritis wears away at joints. (Pixabay photo)

Overuse and arthritis wears away at joints. (Pixabay photo)

“Take small scoops, and lift with your legs – not your back,” I said to myself. I was clearing an unexpected snowfall and high winds that led to drifting. The city snow plow had dropped a very generous amount of snow at the end of my driveway. I needed to be somewhere in an hour.I should have been retrained on the use of our snow blower before my husband’s knee surgery. We ran ou...

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