Gardening is a popular, relaxing hobby. In fact, it is a positive distraction from the day-to-day tasks that take most of our attention. However, when you have arthritis symptoms, your gardening hobby may become harder to enjoy. Whether you have osteoarthritis or another type of joint pain and joint disease, you can keep gardening. The following are some techniques you can use to get joint pain relief and enjoy your hobby.

Use Gardening Tools considered “Joint-Friendly”

Long-handled tools are ideal for you because they allow you to stand while gardening. Gardening takes a lot of stooping and bending. This hurts your joints. With long-handled tools you can easily grip the handles and even add attachments to make the tools longer.

Another thing to use is a kneeling pad. Try a scooter wagon. The wagon allows you to sit while you’re getting those pesky weeds out of your beautiful garden.

Use Correct Posture While Gardening

Long-handled garden tools, kneeling pads and scooter wagons are a great way to avoid bending and kneeling for long periods of time. While you use these tools, remember to stretch from time to time to keep your joints from tightening. Also, practice correct posture. It’s important to let your stronger or longer joints do most of the work.

For example, don’t use your fingers when lifting an object. Instead, place your palm flat and lift the object. This will lessen the stress on your most used joints. Always sit up straight while you’re gardening. You want to change positions frequently so that your joints don’t stiffen.

Don’t Garden on the Ground

Getting your hands dirty and kneeling are part of the gardening process. However, when you have joint pain or joint disease, bending and stooping are difficult tasks. In fact, they are a distraction to enjoying many hobbies.

If you can’t stoop, sit or kneel on the ground, take your gardening to the next step. This means using raised beds, flower boxes, containers, raised flower beds and planting tables to reduce the stress on your joints.

Go Electric for Joint Pain Relief

Manual gardening tools are a headache to use when you don’t have a joint condition. That’s why using an electric gardening tools instead of manual ones are better. For example, electric shears won’t wear on your joints because you’re not required to do so much repetitive motion.

Be aware that this can be a catch-22 because of the vibration of electric gardening tools. So, take frequent breaks when using the tools to avoid aggravating any symptoms.

You have arthritis. That doesn’t mean you have to give up gardening. Most of all, respect your body. Take breaks, keep hydrated and avoid overdoing it. Doing these things will help you avoid the pains and aches associated with joint pain.

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