Owner's Manual to Your Body: Ergonomics and Body Care for Gardeners - with Erica Mack, PT

Tuesday, May 12th - 6:00 pm, Quimper Grange - 1219 Corona St, PT

Join us for this practical workshop, designed to teach you how to care for your most important gardening tool —your body. Led by a physical therapist, you’ll learn essential ergonomic strategies, body mechanics, and self-care techniques that will help you avoid inconvenient aches and injuries while gardening. Whether you’re planting, weeding, pruning, bending, or lifting, discover how to move with ease, improve posture, and keep muscles and joints healthy. Walk away with simple yet effective strategies to enjoy gardening with less aches and pains.

Erica has been a physical therapist for over 30 years. Her approach is hands-on as well as educational; she knows that information empowers us all to determine the best ways for us to take care of our bodies and practice radical self-care. Community, healthy relationships, play, laughter, good sleep, quiet time, power-sharing, and moving toward love and joy comprise Erica’s recipe for a good life. She loves the outdoors, time with family and friends, dancing, singing, playing, walking, reading, hiking, biking, playing beach volleyball, floating down rivers, and dipping in oceans.

This free series offered by Quimper Grange #720, examines "all things food & growing” in our area. For over 100 years, this Grange has supported the Jefferson County community through public programming, concerts, dance, rental space, and a 7,000 ft² Food Bank Garden, donating produce to help mitigate food insecurity. The Grange is at 1219 Corona Ave, PT. Doors open at 5:45 pm