Like the rest of my body, I use a loofah. I have enough mobility to get to my entire back from one arm.
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Soap the washcloth, hold opposite corners diagonally for what I can't reach, occasionally use a brush for extra measure.
Do some yoga my friend!
My arms are pretty flexible so I just use my hands & a washcloth.
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:
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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.
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).
Keep yer feet on the ground
Wash yer back!
I have a body wash/soap towel that's long enough to go around my back.
With my hands and a loofah. I'm double jointed in my shoulders and can easily reach every part of my back
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
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.
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.
As best I can.
My joints are over flexible, so i can reach everything just fine.
My back doesn't get dirty