ooh a little lower and to the right!
By Modestah
@Modestah (11179)
United States
December 2, 2008 12:20am CST
yeah, that's it.
When you have an itch in a place you can not reach - and no one is there to lend a hand, what do you do?
I have an itch under my shoulder blade and close to the spine - I can not get at it and everyone else is asleep.... besides they all give up way to quickly, just when I am really starting to enjoy the scratch.
I do not have a back scratcher device with the little hand on it - do you? do these work well?
I have used coat hangers and scissors and have rubbed up and down on the corner of a wall or door frame (like a bear on a tree) I guess this method gives the best exercise anyhow.
what do you use/do?
7 responses
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
23 Dec 08
What a perfect discussion for me to find. I currently have an allergic reaction (or so I am thinking) to something in my new bra! My back has rows of ITCHY bumbps right along the bra line. I am home alone at present (everyone has gone for last minute Christmas items) and I just used the pasta grabber from the kitchen to scratch my back!! Yeah, disgusting I know, but I was desperate! At least I put it in the dishwasher when I was finished using it for a scratcher! I would give anything for one of those devices with the little hand on it!
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@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Sep 23
I hate when bras do that to me ...... hmmm, I need one of those pasta grabbers, I'll bet it's less expensive than those wooden scratchers
@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Sep 23
And the nice thing is they're free and can't be misplaced
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
6 Dec 08
LOL i've done the bear scratch..
i have a little back scratcher stick, though my black cat will lend a paw if you tap your back (he has no claws due to foot infection before i owned him).
he just piddy paws at you.
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
13 Dec 08
Well, I usually use the door frame like you do. I do have some back scratcher before but somehow it was lost. It was made of bamboo. I missed it though. So as of now, when there is no one to help, the good old door frame is always there.
@rebelann (112875)
• El Paso, Texas
14 Sep 23
Oh yeah, those door frames come in really handy at times.
@kissie34 (2294)
• Philippines
2 Dec 08
Well, I usually used some scratcher device since my father had that but if that is not available I will used ruler or a hanger to scratched it for me.. But most of the time, I'll asked someone to scratched it for me like my mother or my father.. Sometimes, my niece.. 
@my52cents (569)
• United States
2 Dec 08
Ah, yes, I know the feeling! I have a wooden ruler at my desk and that is what I resort to when there's nobody available to scratch the itch and I can't reach it. Actually, I get an extra inch that I sometimes need - this is a 13-inch ruler that we got from a real estate company who goes to "extra lengths to serve you." Don't think backscratching was what they had in mind, but it works for me!
