Why does gardening make my lower back hurt so bad?
Continuous bending and stooping during yard work strains the core and lower back after just an hour or two of labor. This fatigue forces people to take frequent breaks and prevents them from getting through a full day of maintenance.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1taking more breaks
- 2using long-handled tools
- 3considering lightweight hip-assist harnesses
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
Where this came up
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