Post by joyce on Apr 30, 2008 12:08:36 GMT -6
Interested in keeping your back safe and free of injury when you garden? These illustrated, step-by-step, easy to use guides will show you the back safe way to accomplish common gardening chores. There are also picture galleries that can help you decide which positions may be the best choice for your condition and your chore at hand.
Weeding Strategies for Avoiding Back Strain
Weeding the garden can be stressful to your back. So why weed your garden any more than you need? Here are tips and strategies to help keep your back healthy and free of back strain.
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Weeding Your Garden Without Back Strain
Weeding and other gardening chores can quickly tire even strong backs. One of the most common mistakes gardeners make while weeding is working too hard in the back and not moving from the hip joint.
Weed the Garden without Back Pain or Strain-How to Sit on the Ground and Weed
Is most of your time spent in the garden fraught with back pain? To avoid back pain, or neck strain, learn about how to position yourself when you weed your garden.
Stand and Weed the Garden
When you are focused on how to grow your garden, weeding is an important chore. But weeding the garden requires you find a position in which your back will be comfortable for long periods of time. Weeding positions should not cause back strain or muscle pain. Perhaps standing and weeding the garden will help you avoid muscle spasms and pinched nerves in your back.
Weeding Out Back Pain - How to Weed on Hands and Knees Without Back Pain
When you weed out your garden, don't you wish you could also weed out your back pain? This article gives several pointers on avoiding back pain when you weed on your hands and knees.
Gardening Chores and Your Back
Many people find gardening to be not only relaxing and personally fulfilling, but healing as well. But if back pain is getting in your way of accomplishing your vision for your garden, how healthful is that? You may be using the kind of body mechanics that create pain. This article gives an overview of common gardening chores and how to do them in a safe way for your back. It includes illustrated, step-by-step guides for weeding, lifting, mowing and more. So dig in - and healthy gardening!
Weeding and Your Back
If your garden requires a lot of weeding chances are you are looking for positions that make your back feel comfortable and help you avoid back pain. Sitting is one position in the garden that may help you minimize the stress to your back, especially if you know how to avoid using back muscles in this position.
Stressful Lifting
If you spend a lot of time in the garden or otherwise lifting heavy objects, you probably already know there are some stressful lifting techniques to avoid. This gallery of images will show you a few lifting positions sure to cause your back strain and neck pain.
Technique for Lifting Heavy Objects
With just a few simple safe-lifting techniques, you can protect yourself from back pain, neck pain and back injury. Safe lifting techniques employ proper lifting techniques and, once learned, can help you avoid injuring your back when you confront heavy objects.
Back Injury Prevention - Start a Lawn Mower, But Prevent a Back Injury
When you mow the lawn, how can you start the mower but prevent a back injury? This simple step-by-step guide can show you the body mechanics necessary for preventing back injury while still getting the lawn mowed.
Dumping a Wheelbarrow - Prevent Back Injury
When you dump stuff out of a wheelbarrow, there are a few tricks of the trade that can help you prevent back injury.
Gardening and Back Pain - Digging and Shoveling
When in the garden, chores such as shoveling and digging can easily cause muscle strain, back pain or hip strain unless you watch your body mechanics.
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