Gardening Back Care
Little and Often!
Take care of your back when gardening. Don’t get over enthusiastic when loading wheelbarrows, trugs or rubbish bags. Overloading is bad news where your back is concerned; make more than one trip when moving things in the garden, is better than to overload and injure your back.
Weeding is another task that when done on a regular basis can reduce the strain on your back. Removing a few weeds on a regular basis is far easier than having one big purge every so often.
Regular weeding and hoeing reduces the amount of rubbish to be moved at any one time and also avoids the strain of digging up some of those big nasties like a well rooted dandelion or dock.
Young prickly weeds such as thistles are often softer and easier to handle - although look out for those baby nettles, they don’t half sting! Ensuring that gardening back care is always on your mind, will allow you to spend longer in the garden and allows you to enjoy gardening even more.
WRITTEN BY BBC GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNING GARDENER CHRIS MYERS - FROM HIS SERIES “BACK CARE TIPS FOR GARDENERS”
Chris’s Story: For over 10 years I suffered with back pain. Generally striking after a particularly hard day’s work the pain could be unbearable with my resorting to taking strong anti-inflammatory relief and regular visits to the osteopath.
Since I discovered VertiBaX and tried the Heavy Task Core Lumbar Active Support VB121 my working life has totally changed- for the better.
A hard day’s graft used to be followed by a day of pain. Now I can do as much hard work as before but every day, and without the pain striking.
The great thing about the VertiBaX: Heavy Task Core Lumbar Active Support is that it cost me less than a trip to the osteopath, someone I am more than glad to see the BACK of!!
To buy the VertiBaX: Heavy Task Core Lumbar Active Support visit http://www.support4physio.co.uk/vertibax-heavy-task-core-lumbar-active-support.php. To find out more about Chris Myers Garden Design visit http://www.chrismyersdesign.co.uk
Disclaimer: Professional independent medical advice should be taken before acting on any of the information given in this article.
