GARDENING WITH OUT PAIN IN 2024.
Gardening without pain in 2024! 👩🌾 🌻
As a follow up to yesterday's post, we decided to ask Philippa what her big tips are for gardeners in 2024!
1️⃣. Take care of your skin. Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses and shirt. Get the basics right!
2️⃣. Looking after your back - use caution with repetitive lifting and ask for help with heavier pots or bags of soil.
3️⃣. Engage your abdominals without bracing and locking down your thorax entirely.
4️⃣. Consider half kneeling, knee pads or small stools to help you get lower to the ground. this will help take some load away from your lower back and knees.
5️⃣. Don't ignore the niggles! Often these are warning signs of tissue strain. Stand up, take a break every now and again.
6️⃣. Pace yourself! Our bodies need some time to readjust to different movement patterns so try breaking up your gardening into small sections at a time.
If you have some niggles from gardening make sure to come and see us at Body Works!