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Protecting Your Knees

Started Jul 28, 2019 | Questions thread
gardenersassistant Veteran Member • Posts: 9,656
Re: Protecting Your Knees
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charley5 wrote:

Just wondering how macro photographers deal with the fact that they may be on their knees a lot, leading to sore knees? I am at the age when such considerations have become more prominent. I was thinking of getting gardener's knee pads, but I am not sure that will help since my body weight would still be on the knees, and I am not necessarily kneeling on hard surfaces (earth, grass).

Thanks.

-Charles

I used knee-pads for several years but they annoyed me by slipping down very often, and I found the elastic could get uncomfortable at the back of my knees. Eventually I discovered workman's trousers with built in (removable) knee pads and I have been using them ever since. As well as the pads not slipping out of position these trousers also have the advantage of having lots of pockets, which I find very useful. I use them for photography and for gardening.

The knee pads look as though they are too low, but I find they ride up to the right position when I kneel down.

The workman's boots have steel toecaps and good support around the ankles. This is also good for kneeling down as the toes and ankles can stay in a more comfortable position rather than the toes being bent backwards and/or the ankles getting stressed as can happen with less rigid footwear.

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