Inb4 I don’t

I’m not asking if you do it, I’m asking people how you do it

Edit: sorry I forgot I posted this and came back to a bunch of answers. I have a torn something in my shoulder that no MRI has been able to find for 20 years so I can’t just reach it. I myself use a long cloth, but I don’t really like it so I was curious what other people did.

Also, I don’t wash my back every shower, but I do get pretty sweaty sometimes and feel like I just have to

    • Sibbo
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      1013 days ago

      Same here. Guess OP is not that flexible.

      • southsamurai
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        613 days ago

        I dunno. I used to be flexible as hell, but was also too damn broad across the shoulders to get everywhere. That was even before I started lifting seriously; lifting just made the area I couldn’t reach bigger.

        Somewhere around 16 I hit a spurt and suddenly couldn’t reach a zone between my shoulder blades. It was maybe hand sized. In my twenties, it was about an inch or two bigger, but I could still do all the stretches fully before lifting, and that included shoulder stretches where I could end up almost flat with my arms behind me.

        Nowadays, I’m just old and stiff, and can’t scrub anything right on my back.

        • HubertManne
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          113 days ago

          I strained my left arm and its cannot reach quite as far as my right now and even then im pretty sure I was more flexible in my youth. At one point I was able to grip my hands just barely diagnoly on my back but I knew some folks that could like grip their wrists behind their back. I have long arms to so its definately a lack of flexibility.

  • DUMBASS
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    1813 days ago

    I got one of these things

    Works pretty good and you can put some force down and really get that back nice and clean.

      • DUMBASS
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        213 days ago

        It’s made of silicone so it’s quite easy to clean.

  • @MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca
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    1713 days ago

    I don’t. The mind-controlling alien parasite attached to my spine doesn’t let me when I try reaching for it…

    • DUMBASS
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      613 days ago

      You gotta take your time getting them used to it, a little splash here and there and then build up untill you can be in the shower for a good amount of time, mine loves it now.

  • scytale
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    1313 days ago

    A belt-like loofa that you hold on both ends and pull from side to side.

    • @Drewmeister@lemmy.world
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      113 days ago

      Yeah. First I ball it up and scrub the perimeter before unfurling it and scrubbing back and forth at different angles.

  • Lovable Sidekick
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    13 days ago

    Long ago I planted a colony of sentient microbes there, and bade them subdue the area and keep it free of vermin. They have tamed the wilderness and established a sophisticated, well ordered civilization. Although recently I have been feeling a lot warmer.

  • @selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
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    1013 days ago

    Bend the arm the ouchholyfuckalmostreach way. Scrub. Then bend the arm the owfuckalmostjesuschrist way. Scrub again. Easy!

    • @SupremeDonut@lemmy.ml
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      112 days ago

      Maybe come over the shoulder from the top right th- ohpffftfortheloveofgodsoapinthemouth pfft pffffft… PFFFFFFFFT. Done

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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    913 days ago

    I just reach back there. I have these crazy things on my arm called “elbows”.

  • JohnnyFlapHoleSeed
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    I’ll be honest… Not very well. Pretty much squeeze my loofa at the top of my back so the suds run down, then rinse. No backne or any other issues though

  • @orgrinrt@lemmy.world
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    I’m surprised how few answers actually include actually practical and helpful tools such as a bathing brush with a good long grip to reach just about everywhere. Is this a cultural thing? I swear I’ve seen them in British tv series at the very least, so I know for sure these are a common thing at least in the Nordics and the UK.

    But I mean it’s the best. Really gets the old dead skin cells and other stuff off, and the blood flowing. The bristles are a bit rough, but that just makes it that much more pleasurable, you really feel it!

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    These things, surely they are mostly everywhere?

    • My wife has one, I don’t like to use it, it’s too aggressive for me.

      I can reach my back with my arms. To get the spot right between my shoulders I have to reach up and come down from the top with one arm, while using my other hand to grab my elbow and pull it to push my hand low enough to get it more effectively.