{"id":3195,"date":"2010-05-29T08:33:08","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T08:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/?p=3195"},"modified":"2010-05-30T09:54:15","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T14:54:15","slug":"protect-your-back-and-joints-when-house-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/3195\/protect-your-back-and-joints-when-house-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect Your Back And Joints When House Cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even athletes have to warm up their bodies before doing their physical routines. It is no different for those who have physical problems like arthritis or back issues. With proper information you can make your cleaning experiences safe.<\/p>\n<p>Bending is one of the most common ways individuals hurt themselves. Bending is usually done when we are loading or unloading the dishwasher, cleaning the floors, picking up items, scrubbing the bathroom or making the beds.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important ways to correct this is to use your legs. If you lower your body by bending your knees slightly into a squat you are going to eliminate a tremendous amount of pressure on your spine.<\/p>\n<p>Using an item as simple as a little stool can greatly help your safety. If you are going to be cleaning something in a low area, like the lower shelves of your refrigerator, sit on a stool. If you are going to be standing to clean the dishes or fold clothes, you can put one foot on this stool to take pressure off your lower back.<\/p>\n<p>A very handy way to take pressure off the lower spine if you are bending forward is to kick the leg opposite the arm that is doing the reaching.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>If you have to kneel on both knees this can put a tremendous stress on your joints. One way to minimize this stress is to kneel on one knee for a period of time. Then switch to the other knee to break up the stress. Kneepads are a good idea to minimize the stress on your joints as well.<\/p>\n<p>Want to find out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semiintegrateddishwashers.net\">Semi Integrated Dishwashers<\/a>, then visit SemiIntegratedDishwashers.net to choose the best <a href=\"http:\/\/www.semiintegrateddishwashers.net\">Semi Integrated Dishwashers<\/a> for your needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even athletes have to warm up their bodies before doing their physical routines. It is no different for those who have physical problems like arthritis or back issues. With proper information you can make your cleaning experiences safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":713,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/713"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3215,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3195\/revisions\/3215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.grinwebbus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}