How I stay Pain Free during and after Gardening!
I love to garden! From flowers to vegetables, I love it all! I anxiously wait for the last frost so I can get outside and plant my flowers for spring. Which is immediately followed by planting tomatoes, peppers, basil, parsley, oregano ….the list goes on… However, sometimes I overdue it!
Common gardening tasks such as digging, planting, weeding and mulching can cause stress on our muscles and joints . Here are some tips I use to mitigate the pain:
- Warm up before gardening (take a ten-minute walk, for example).
- Change positions frequently to avoid stiffness and cramping.
- Take breaks frequently or change tasks to give certain areas of your body a break.
- Use knee pads or a gardening pad when kneeling.
- If kneeling or bending causes pain to your back or knees, consider an elevated planter.
- Keep your wrist straight when pulling weeds or using garden tools.
- End your gardening session with some stretches for your arms, legs, and back.
There are times when even with the precautionary protocol, I still find myself with painful joints and muscles from overdoing it! I guess I am not 30 anymore when I could plow through anything. I use a pain cream that provides cooling relief from minor muscle and joint aches, arthritis, strains, bruises, and sprains. It’s a plant-based formula which combines the power of Wintergreen essential oil with Cool Azul essential oil blend. With two powerful, synergistic active ingredients, this cream provides pain-relieving benefits in two ways: methyl salicylate found in Wintergreen helps alleviate pain deep in the muscles and joints, and natural menthol found in Peppermint provides a cooling effect. I use this because it gives me relief without synthetic ingredients. I call this my magic cream! It’s like instant relief with no harmful effects and it smells great too!
So, get out there and enjoy your gardening! That’s what I’m doing!
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