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Gardening and Back Pain - Digging and Shoveling
By Anne Asher, About.com
Updated: November 12, 2007
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Lean your weight forward onto the shovel. Let the weight of your body sink the shovel into the ground. Leveraging the dirt or snow in this way will help you avoid muscle strain associated with digging or shoveling. Notice that the model in the picture is keeping her spine in a long line.
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