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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on April 29, 2012, 07:00:34 AM
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Oh my.
tru (81 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
knees, back
Any tips for gardening when your back is not happy about a lot of bending over and your knees are not happy about being knelt on?
NEOhiodemocrat (739 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. My fix is to sit :)
I sit in the row and scootch along as I weed or plant. It makes for some filthy gardening clothes but is much easier on my old body! Hope you fid something that works for you.
Curmudgeoness (6,929 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
2. I have a big pillow that I use now
when I must be on my knees----they don't take well to the hard ground anymore either.
I also change positions that I am working in more often and take more breaks than I did when I was young. I sit, kneel, stand, bend, and rest. I also do not do the same type of chore for a long time. I hoe a little, rake a little, weed a little...no more of those days when I shovelled all day long.
Hope you find a way to deal with all these aches and pains.
jwirr (19,362 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
4. I have noticed a neighbor has taken the raised bed idea up to a level where he does not have to bend down - just stands. It is standing on posts. My father also had a small stool that had wheels on it so he could set and roll himself along the rows.
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I got bad knees, hips, back and one bad elbow, so I garden with one arm. It's not a very cheap way to garden but it works most of the time. I have a 16 year old son and with my one good arm, I point out to him what's to be done.
Where there is a Will there is a way....'cept his name ain't Will.... :-)
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I got bad knees, hips, back and one bad elbow, so I garden with one arm. It's not a very cheap way to garden but it works most of the time. I have a 16 year old son and with my one good arm, I point out to him what's to be done.
Where there is a Will there is a way....'cept his name ain't Will.... :-)
Good one.
Awesome.