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If your equipment is sufficiently lightweight, try using a lunging technique (Fig. 19) which will exercise the joints and muscles of your hips and legs. These, remember, are secondary back supports (see chapter one, here) which contribute to the health of the spine.

Fig. 19. Lunging

Remember to keep the back naturally straight and to breathe regularly.

If you’re shovelling earth or snow, face the area you’re going to dig and point the forward foot in that direction. Keep your arms close to your body. Point the rear foot towards the place where the shovelful is to be deposited and turn from the hip (rather than the waist) towards the rear foot. (Fig. 20).