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Detecting with a back issue
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<blockquote data-quote="UnderEmployedGeo" data-source="post: 589371" data-attributes="member: 20002"><p>I'm not an expert on ergonomics etc, and I can imagine the swinging action of a detector could be a problem for some, but with regards to what happens when you get a target, I see a lot in the online vids that is about efficiency and speed and potentially harmful...which if you have a back issue is not a good way to go. I suspect that slowing down, properly kneeling beside a target, minimising swinging of picks - perhaps even prefer the levering of a cold chisel and a mallet to break up the ground then lifting pieces at a time... the pulling back action people sometimes use to scrape ground is basically like lifting a heavy object with poor form from what I've seen. Like all physical activities it's no problem at all until its a problem...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UnderEmployedGeo, post: 589371, member: 20002"] I'm not an expert on ergonomics etc, and I can imagine the swinging action of a detector could be a problem for some, but with regards to what happens when you get a target, I see a lot in the online vids that is about efficiency and speed and potentially harmful...which if you have a back issue is not a good way to go. I suspect that slowing down, properly kneeling beside a target, minimising swinging of picks - perhaps even prefer the levering of a cold chisel and a mallet to break up the ground then lifting pieces at a time... the pulling back action people sometimes use to scrape ground is basically like lifting a heavy object with poor form from what I've seen. Like all physical activities it's no problem at all until its a problem... [/QUOTE]
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