Do You Have Trouble Washing Your Back?

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  1. Lon Tanner

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    I do. My arthritis and neuropathy makes using a back brush impossible for me. I have one of the Assisted Living care providers wash my backside as I sit in my shower chair. It's one of the two activities of daily living that my long term care insurance requires for payment of benefits.
     
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    I use a long handled brush. My only handicap is my shortwindedness.
     
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    I bought my first back brush a month or so ago. I'd been thinking of getting one for a long time. I don't know why I hadn't bought one before. Probably all those bad Amazon reviews.
     
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    Yeah, a little bit. I use a slightly larger than usual wash rag, so that I can grasp that with both hands and manage. But it's not nearly as easy as it once was.
     
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    Yes. . I usually do just like Ken.
     
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    Walmart had an interesting back scrubber. It was like a long, thin, rough towel with a handle sewn into each end. Like a shoe shine rag, you throw it over your shoulder, grab the dangling end and buff your back. But not sure if they still have them. It was a long time ago. One could probably get a second one to clean one's bum. I still use a bath brush with gentle bristles.
     
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    I use a proper long-handled back brush with massaging studs embedded among the bristles.

    I removed the studs.

    I soap the bristles and work from the waist up and from the neck down.

    This makes my back as clean as hell.

    Harry
     
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