Some professions cause significant downward abdominal compression. With these jobs, keeping your Andro-Switch on might be more challenging, especially at the beginning. Consider using a harness or a jock strap, like the ones available on this Instagram account @jockstrapminat. Another tip is to adjust the wearing time outside of work hours. You can also consider finding different postures during work to limit downward abdominal pressure.
This list is indicative; it's best to test it yourself:
- Carpenter: Handling heavy materials (wood, beams) and working at heights, often in awkward positions.
- Market gardener: Repeatedly harvesting and handling crates filled with fruits, vegetables, or soil, often in a squatting or bent posture.
- Roofer: Lifting and transporting tiles or equipment at heights, combined with prolonged bent positions on roofs.
- Warehouse worker: Moving heavy loads, often repetitively
- Movers: Lifting and transporting furniture and boxes.
- Mason: Significant physical exertion and prolonged squatting positions.
- Plumber: Working in squatting or uncomfortable positions to access pipes.
- Industrial electrician: Frequent squatting and transporting heavy equipment.
- Forklift operator: Prolonged driving and handling pallets, often accompanied by physical exertion.
- Farmer: Various physical tasks, such as lifting bags or handling agricultural tools.
- Construction worker: Transporting heavy materials (sand, cement, tools).
- Delivery driver: Loading and unloading parcels, sometimes heavy and bulky.
- Warehouse worker: Frequent movement of boxes or pallets.
- Gardener-landscaper: Digging, transporting soil or gardening materials.
- Air conditioning or ventilation technician: Installation of large appliances, often in uncomfortable positions.
- Dockworker: Loading and unloading containers and other heavy goods.
- Blacksmith: Handling heavy tools and equipment in sometimes constrained positions.
- Welder: Prolonged sitting or squatting positions, sometimes with heavy equipment to transport.
- Industrial painter: Frequent squatting and handling paint buckets.
- Mechanic: Working under vehicles, handling tools or heavy parts.
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