The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 1997 Page: 8 of 22
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h|e 8 • Section A • THE WYLIE NEWS - Wednesday, April 16,1997
Fight aches along with weeds—stretch muscles before gardening
(NU) - A word of advice to gar-
deners: Think of yard work as a
sport.
All the bending, stooping, dig-
ging and pulling you do to care for
your flowers and veggies can be
tough on your body—if your mus-
cles aren’t prepared.
“You need to condition your
body to do gardening and yard work
just as an athlete conditions his or
her body to participate in a sport,"
says Dr. Robert P. Lynch Jr., a
Portland, Maine, chiropractor and
member of the American Chiro-
practic Association.
To make garden and yard work as
enjoyable as possible, warm up
before doing extended chores, Lynch
says. And when you're finished with
the chores, do cool-down exercises.
“Stretching the major muscles of the
back, upper legs, shoulders and
wrists can be essential to avoiding
injuries.”
Here’s How
Most gardeners either bend or
kneel to work. Kneeling puts less
“load" on the body, but whichever
way you choose, Lynch recommends
the following for both warming up
and cooling down:
■ While sitting, prop your heel
on a stool or step with your knee
straight. Bend forward until you feel
a pull at the back of your thigh. “You
want to feel pull, not pain," Lynch
cautions. Hold die position for 15
seconds, then relax. Do it once more,
then switch and do the exercise
twice with the other leg.
■ Stand up straight and grab your
ankle from behind. Pull your heel
toward your buttocks. Hold that
position for 15 seconds, relax and do
it again. Repeat with your other leg.
■ Weave your fingers together
above your head with your palms up.
Lean to one side for 10 seconds, then
reverse. Repeat two or three times.
■ Wrap your arms around your-
self and rotate to one side, as far as
you can go. Hold it for 10 seconds.
Then reverse. Repeat two or three
times. (This exercise is called “Hug
your best friend”)
Too Late?
If this advice comes too late and
Wisteria is a twining shrub with showy clusters of blue/purple
and white flowers and blooms in early spring. It may be either
pruned to remain a bush-like plant or if grown near a tree or
fence it will climb like a vine. News staff photo
your back already hurts from gar-
dening without warming up, options
include: nonprescription medi-
cines—they have fewer side effects
than prescription drugs; applying
cold within 48 hours of symptoms,
or heat alter 48 hours: and spinal
manipulation.
“Your goal is to avoid hurting
your muscles, but if you do, doctors
of chiropractic are trained to manip-
ulate your spine and help your body
work toward healing itself,” says
Association President Dr. Kurt
Hegeischweiler.
Fire Ant Facts
I A very aggressive ant that is reddish-brown to black and 1/16 to
1/4 inch long.
■ Many colonies contain up to 500,000 ants.
■ Fire ants sting repeatedly, and inject a small amount of venom
with each sting.
■ Multiple Queens per mound are common now.
■ Queens can live longer than 6 years and lay 200 eggs a day.
■ Peak activity in Texas is April through July.
■ The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) came to the U.S.
more than 60 years ago from South America.
■ In Texas more than half the counties are infested with fire ants.
■ When a fire ant mound is disturbed, an attack hormone is released,
very similar to what wasps and hornets release.
■ Over SI billion dollars a year is spent across the nation to control
these pesky ants.
■ Fire ants are attracted to electrical currents and short out many air
conditioners every year.
■ Texas is prime fire ant habitat, warm and moist climate.
■ Fire ants develop wings in the spring and that’s how they can
spread quickly around the state.
■ Queen ants are several times larger than the workers.
■ Fire ants hate water. That’s why after a heavy rain, mounds seem
to appear overnight. The mounds are raised to keep the eggs and larvae
out of the water zone.
SEGUIN • The search for the
largest fire ant mound in Texas
began April 1. The winners will be
able to collect a cool $1,000 in
cash. The contest is being spon-
sored by Organic Plus, lnc„ ‘The
Natural Alternative," a Texas com-
pany that manufactures and distrib-
utes Organic Plus, an organic prod-
uct to control fire ant mounds (used
by public schools and pest control
operators statewide).
The data collected from this con-
test will be forwarded to Dr. Bart
Drees, professor at Texas A&M,
who is interested in collecting data
on the size of fire ant mounds in
Texas and the data from the contest
will be very helpful.
The contest will last a total of 60
days. Dr. Roger Gold and Dr. Bart
Trees of Texas A&M will assist in
the judging of the final winners. A
total of $2,000 in cash will be given
away—$1,000 to the largest city
mound and $1,000 for the largest
country mound.
Entry blanks for the contest can
be obtained at most hardware, pest
control supply stores, garden cen-
ters, feed and seed stores, and many
chain grocery stores.
How to measure
a fire ant mound
Carefully take the width
of the mound at approxi-
mately one-half of its
height and this measure-
ment will be multiplied by
the height of the mound to
arrive at the final mound
size.
Things are always big-
ger in Texas. Let’s show
the U.S. just how big fire
ant mounds are.
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Cook, Margaret. The Wylie News (Wylie, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 16, 1997, newspaper, April 16, 1997; Wylie, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth750300/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Smith Public Library.