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Brigid Kennedy

This Gardening Tool is the Answer to "Gardener's Knee" — And You Can Buy a Stylish One for $15

A garden with lavender.

If you have a green thumb, chances are you have (or could soon have) what's known as "gardener's knee," the inflammation of the kneecap after hours spent kneeling in the soil, plucking up weeds or planting seeds. Modern garden or not, it's a problem that can plague even the toughest of landscapers.

'Gardener's knee, or as the doctors call it, prepatellar bursitis, is what happens when that little fluid-filled sac in front of your kneecap decides it's had enough of your gardening shenanigans and gets all inflamed,' says Gerardo Loayza, founder and CEO at BACQYARD.

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