I was working in the garden yesterday for the first time in seven months! Oh my how my back is hurting now (2:45 a.m.). It’s stiff all the way to the tail bone and the bottom of my left foot is numb. I must have pinched a nerve.
I hope I didn’t hurt myself too badly because I’d like to get back out into the garden later today to finish up my work. Well, ok, I got half of the flower beds in the back yard garden finished, I’d at least like to finish the other half of the backyard today. I’ll still have some planting at the side of the house, the front garden and the boulevard to finish after that. One task at a time.
I actually felt pretty good while I was outside working. My stomach wasn’t bothering me and I was happy puttering away and getting my hands dirty. It’s always that way when I’m in the garden though. I don’t know that I might be hurting myself until later. Actually I’m like that with a lot of things – when I get a sunburn it doesn’t come out for hours, often when I’m out of the sun and that’s when I go oh oh!
Several years ago when I first got my roses I was busy trying to plant all of them at once. digging holes, amending the soil and planting each rose one at a time. I think I had something like 25 roses to plant and it took me a whole day to do it. My heel kept hurting as I worked. I thought that I might have had a blister but I kept working. It wasn’t until the next day that I discovered that my left foot and lower left leg were black and blue and totally swollen up. I’d ripped a tendon from the middle of my calf to the underside of the middle of my foot! OW. It took a full year to heal! (healing took a long time because I was doing 12 hour nursing shifts- always on my feet!)
So while gardening might be good for me mentally – it’s a stress release and it makes me happy – it’s not good for me physically because I don’t notice that I’m injuring myself until it’s too late!
Please cross your fingers that my back is only slightly strained and is back in working order about 12 hours from now.
i love to garden but i have to do it in pots because there is lowsy soil here. I totally know how you feel. I do the same thing I’ll be doing my housework and just trying to get it done. musing around my house then later in the evening while im sitting relaxing i feel all types of creaks and clicks. I wish you a speedy recovery.
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A few people get strained backs at this time of year!
Oh, girl, that is not good. I take anti-inflammatory drug before I work in the yard and then I come in and take a hot bath. I have a bad back and I can get laid out for days after doing yard work. Which is a pity because it is such as stress reliever. You can see the difference your work makes as soon as you are finished.
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Crossing both my fingers and toes! Stop stressing, start having fun in your garden too:-)
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I was a professional landscaper for about 10 years, which wreaked my back, so I know what you’re saying. The only thing that helps me is hanging from my inversion table every day.