Re: Low Mainitenance human bodies
- To: <t*@picknowl.com.au>, <M*@ucdavis.edu>, <r*@gte.net>
- Subject: Re: Low Mainitenance human bodies
- From: "* B* <b*@mcmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 22:01:27 +0100
take up yoga but get a good teacher
-----Original Message-----
From: tnottle@picknowl.com.au <tnottle@picknowl.com.au>
To: Medit-Plants@ucdavis.edu <Medit-Plants@ucdavis.edu>; roseguy@gte.net
<roseguy@gte.net>
Date: 19 July 1999 09:39
Subject: Re: Low Mainitenance human bodies
>Dear Bill and all Medit-planters,
>
>It is not just garden designs, garden hardware etc that need to be thought
through in terms of their low maintenance application. Our bodies and how we
use them as we get older needs some thinking through too. Our backs may ache
from poorly designed tools, badly designed layouts and gardens that require
awkward postures to maintain and manage them but our backs may also ache
just because we have failed over the years to maintain flexibility, or
because we have lifted, handled, lugged, dragged, pushed and shoved heavy
loads (inc. patients, unruly students, bags of cement and farm animals)
without due care. One of the best things all gardeners can do for their
backs as they get older is make sure they get some advice about warm up
exercises, limbering up, exercises to maintain flexibility and strength and
to understand and know and practice not asking too much of our backs, to
understand the mechanics of backs and safe lifting techniques. Too many men,
and quite a few women, think they are tough and have to show it by bad
lifting and working postures.
>There should be courses for such stuff at the University of the 3rd Age and
in community colleges. If not just ask you Dr. or chiropractor,
physiotherapist etc for professional advice.
>
>keep digging - carefully
>
>trevor n
>
>Trevor Nottle
>Garden Historian, Garden Writer, Designer, Consultant
>WALNUT HILL, 5 Walker Street, Crafers, SA 5152 AUSTRALIA
>Tel./ Fax. 61 8 83394210
>
>
