Have you been injuring yourself when cleaning your home? With just a few simple adjustments to how you move you can remain safe. The first point is to warm up your body before cleaning by taking a walk either in your home or outside.
Think about how you bend when you need to pick up something or bend over to load an appliance like the dishwasher. Are you hurting yourself by bending from the waste? this is a very common mistake.
Bending is safely done by using your knees to bend, not your back, as much as possible. As a back injury sufferer myself I regularly do squats and lunges to strengthen my legs to use them for bending more.
Use a stool or something to sit on when you are cleaning out low areas like in the refrigerator. This will eliminate the need to bend forward. You can further minimize back pressure when standing by placing one foot on a step stool as you go about your work.
If you are bending forward to unload the dishwasher or washing machine protect the back by kicking back the leg opposite the arm that is extended doing the work.
When you are reaching with one arm to dust or get to an overhead shelf, it is advisable to keep the arms as close to the main frame of your body to minimize strain on the shoulders. One way to minimize stress on the back and arms is to utilize a wand or a pole to help you.
Kneeling down to clean lower areas like the floor, can greatly burden your joints. It is preferable to either use knee pads or simply kneel on one knee at a time to lessen the stress on your joints.
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This post was written by Laura Lightseer on May 20, 2010
