Picking Up Objects Off The Floor

This is the best way to pick up anything even remotely heavy more than 10 pounds.

Picking up objects off the floor. Yes you read that right you need to put your backside into it meaning you can squat to lift the object off the floor or you can hinge forward at the hips. 32 length ez reacher. 4 techniques for correcting lifting things 1. Avoid dismounting your riding mower or sweeper to nab litter.

Stick out your booty. The jaw can also swivel 90 degrees to reach things in awkward spaces. This is the larger 813mm 32 inch version of the ready reacher a useful tool for picking all kinds of objects up from the floor without the need to stoop or kneel. As useful indoors as it is outdoors it has a simple trigger action that moves two short but sturdy.

And that s a great question many people do not know the proper way to bend over and pick something up. Lower back pain is the second most common reason people visit the doctor after colds and flu according to the national institutes of health. Poor technique can cause both acute injury and serious long term effects. But what if you re picking up something light from the ground like your sock or a shoe.

Most people know this but actually taking the time to perform lifting activities properly is often forgotten. Standard equipment for sanitation workers clean up teams grounds maintenance crews and other cleaning personnel. When you pick up the object avoid twisting if possible and try to keep the object in close to your body so that you re not reaching out for it. Learning the right way to lift will help you avoid these problems.

Improper lifting technique can lead to back leg and arm pain. Pick up objects as small as a dime or as heavy as a 5 lb brick. Safely pick up anything you don t want to handle or just can t reach. Now the lifter can either straighten out the back knee to propel forward or push with the front knee to propel backwards depending on where the object needs to be carried.

Available in 16 32 and 50 inch lengths it has a soft comfortable trigger handgrip and a rubberized jaw that s strong enough to lift objects up to 5 pounds and up to 4 inches wide yet sensitive enough to pick up something as small as a dime.