Gardener’s Repetitive Strain Injuries
Rotate your Gardening Tasks!
Simple rotation of gardening tasks will help prevent over working the back. When gardening, don’t do the whole job at once, do a bit each day. Break your work down into stages then mix and match them to suit your back.
To avoid repetitive strain injuries. Rather than digging the whole vegetable bed in a day, why not do a bit first, then take a break whilst sowing a few seeds or doing some pruning before returning to dig a bit more. Breaking gardening tasks up like this ensures that a specific area of your back is only being used for short periods of time and will help reduce back problems associated with repetitive strain.
WRITTEN BY BBC GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNING GARDENER CHRIS MYERS-FROM HIS SERIES “BACK CARE TIPS FOR GARDENERS”
Chris’ 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!!
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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.
