I saw the headline and thought maybe you could help me, or the suggestions might gave anyway. But no, we have different back pain. For the record, I find mine is worse when I spend too much time sitting. So I move as much as possible throughout the day. It seems to help a little

Oh that sounds terrible… I hope you have fully recovered.

this story is good

heat packs alleviate my back pain also one of those helping hands you can get from ebay and amazon should help with picking stuff up.

Sounds like you need one of those claw thingys. No other suggestions sorry.

You can use Folding Pick Up Tool. It available at Bunnings.Hope it can help you.

I will have to see if I can find these pick up sticks, they sound like a great way to get things off the floor and minimise pain

I got a pick up stick (long handled stick with a claw type end) but I don’t think it would work on the cat food bowl (although I did try mine on pretty much everything). Thinking about it if I had two of the pick up sticks I could have gotten one on each end to pick it up.

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  • • eestigirl replied
    • 28 May 2014 , 1:43 pm

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  That sounds like a great idea! I’ll have to see if I can get some as well. Thanks : )

you can get a tong like thing with rubber bit on the ends and I hope you start to feel a bit better soon

I feel so sorry for you. I used long handled BBQ tongs to pick up some things but had to position myself near something to hold on to while bending my knees to get down enough. It was very awkward, not suitable for everything but I couldn’t think of anything else at the time. If it ever happens to me again I think I’ll see a physio and see if they have advice on how to best manage. I’ll be interested to see what other MoMs come up with. All the best with your treatment.