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Theresa, full story
I was referred to Dr. Rosenthal through a friend who also is a patient. I'm a landscape designer, so the work
I do includes everything from moving giant trees to shoveling compost for several weeks during the spring—
it's a full-contact sport. I do a lot of heavy lifting and a lot of repetitive physical movements with my arms.
Landscapers often have issues with their backs because our type of work involves a lot of lifting. It's very
important for me to visit Dr. Rosenthal on a regular basis and put everything back where it belongs. I've
been working with him since last spring, almost a year.
In landscaping or gardening, you become crab-like—always tending, bending over, weeding, pulling. So
it's important to take an inventory of what's happening because my body is my greatest working tool. If I'm
not in good condition, I can't do my job. My work is conducive to a physical maintenance program
because of how hard the labor can be.
One difference as a result of working with Dr. Rosenthal is the amount of information available to me. The
education I've received as a result of my association with him is invaluable. I'm now on a very regular
exercise program—he also became my personal trainer. He showed me where I needed to strengthen,
where my weaknesses were, where I needed to take it easy and at what point I was able to go further in
those areas.
Prior to working with him, I considered my body to be a machine and asked it to do a million things. I
didn't give it a lot of respect or consideration, and then when it broke down, I was angry. It was the worst of
all possible scenarios on how to treat your body. I have since gained a breadth and depth of knowledge. I
know when getting involved in an activity if I'm not going about it in the right way. I can stop and correct
myself before injury even occurs.
I do includes everything from moving giant trees to shoveling compost for several weeks during the spring—
it's a full-contact sport. I do a lot of heavy lifting and a lot of repetitive physical movements with my arms.
Landscapers often have issues with their backs because our type of work involves a lot of lifting. It's very
important for me to visit Dr. Rosenthal on a regular basis and put everything back where it belongs. I've
been working with him since last spring, almost a year.
In landscaping or gardening, you become crab-like—always tending, bending over, weeding, pulling. So
it's important to take an inventory of what's happening because my body is my greatest working tool. If I'm
not in good condition, I can't do my job. My work is conducive to a physical maintenance program
because of how hard the labor can be.
One difference as a result of working with Dr. Rosenthal is the amount of information available to me. The
education I've received as a result of my association with him is invaluable. I'm now on a very regular
exercise program—he also became my personal trainer. He showed me where I needed to strengthen,
where my weaknesses were, where I needed to take it easy and at what point I was able to go further in
those areas.
Prior to working with him, I considered my body to be a machine and asked it to do a million things. I
didn't give it a lot of respect or consideration, and then when it broke down, I was angry. It was the worst of
all possible scenarios on how to treat your body. I have since gained a breadth and depth of knowledge. I
know when getting involved in an activity if I'm not going about it in the right way. I can stop and correct
myself before injury even occurs.
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