How To Use a Shovel Safely (and Protect Your Back)

The proper technique won’t keep you from being tired, but it can save your back

Even if you are using a shovel improperly , you ’ll still twine up with a kettle of fish . You ’ll plausibly also wander up with a huffy back .

To assist you forfend a tender back or possibly even a serious injury , Bob Denman , a nurseryman who make , sells and mend garden tools at Denman & amp ; Company , his storehouse in Orange , California , march both the faulty way and the correct way to play with a shovelful .

Denman ’s clause , “ pick out and Using the Right Tools ” in the November / December 2001 issue ofFine Gardening(#82 ) , has tips for choosing and using digger and other gardening tools as well . Check out his other video tipSelect the Right Shovel .

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