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Gardening and Back Pain - Digging and Shoveling
By Anne Asher, About.com
Updated: November 12, 2007
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Position your feet so that one foot is in front of the other. Now place your front foot on the shovel blade. Anchor your back leg into the ground to give you stability.
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