I hate to bring this up, but sooner or later your body is going to rebel against the physical demands of gardening.  It is not going to appreciate the fact that, within the course of an afternoon, you hauled 30 cubic feet of mulch on your back, bent to the ground from a standing position 167 times, and — on tiptoe — leaned forward while stretching waaaay out with your hedge clippers to reach the top of the damn yew hedge,  so that the torque on your lower back was approximately 1200 foot-pounds per square inch, or however you measure that.

He will be sore tomorrow. (www.theoccasionalgardener.com)

Physical therapists, yogis, and other healthy types strongly advise against the strange contortions and repetitive stresses such as those we perform out in our gardens.

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