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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

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Big ol' brush.

I also have long scrubby things. Don't know what they're made of, but I think nylon. Basically really long washcloths with a rough texture and strings to hold onto while scrubbing. But the brush does a better job, so I usually only use the cloth ones when I'm away from home because they pack easier.

That's assuming I can't con my wife into getting soaked just to stand there scrubbing me down for a half hour while I continually say "yah, right there, a little harder. Now to the left, oh yeah, that's great, a little more. Now up some, fucking perfect, you're awesome. Now down a little again" and so on until she throws the scrubber at me.

[โ€“] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Some arms flexibility would come a long way.

[โ€“] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 days ago

Like the rest of my body, I use a loofah. I have enough mobility to get to my entire back from one arm.

My arms are pretty flexible so I just use my hands & a washcloth.

[โ€“] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago
[โ€“] morgan_423@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Get a back and shoulder loofah and call it a day (not endorsing this one, just using it as an example of what I'm talking about).

[โ€“] megane_kun@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I try to reach from different directions:

  • upper left (using my left hand)
  • upper right (using my right hand)
  • lower left (using my left hand)
  • and lower right (using my right hand).

For the regions I missed, I have a soapy mesh/loofah thing held by some kind of rope on both ends and with both hands, I use it to reach the unreachable areas:

  • left hand upper and right hand lower, loofah going diagonally (like this: \)
  • right hand upper and left hand lower, loofah going diagonally (like this: /)
  • both hands lower, loofah going horizontal (like this: โ€”)

I suppose that should be enough, but I only do that once a week. For the rest of the week, I just reach as far as I can and let the soapy water do what it can.

[โ€“] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

Soap the washcloth, hold opposite corners diagonally for what I can't reach, occasionally use a brush for extra measure.

[โ€“] wioum@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Enzy@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Keep yer feet on the ground

[โ€“] wioum@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Wash yer back!

With my hands and a loofah. I'm double jointed in my shoulders and can easily reach every part of my back

[โ€“] dkr567@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

I have a body wash/soap towel that's long enough to go around my back.

[โ€“] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The only effective way is to find a spouse or partner who actually cares about you.

(now single) Old fart here.

Otherwise this is my current one (they're all about 4/10 IMHO): Exfoliating Back Scrubber for... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C1YZDFFM or something similar

[โ€“] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

With a shower just get what I can and hope the spray and soap gets whats left good enough. Sometimes will use a wash rag and I can just barely grasp the corners and get it a bit but not sure its much more vigorous than the spray. With a bath I place the luffa between my back and the back of the tub and move around. That actually should get it pretty good.

[โ€“] Sickos@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

For a good long while I just contorted, but I have some mobility/flexibility issues after a shoulder injury and got a long handled brush, and they're so much easier.

[โ€“] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

As best I can.

[โ€“] TwanHE@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

My joints are over flexible, so i can reach everything just fine.

My back doesn't get dirty

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