Do removals get easier or do I just not have the strength?
I have recently started helping with removals at work. I have dine a few now but others have been in wheeled steachers, 1 was on stairs but we hwd ti use a crickets bag and slide for that one. Todqy was the first tine a carried a strecher downstairs and now I’m doubting myself a bit.
It was a standard stretcher with no wheels, just one you physically carry. The staircase was narrow with two right-angle turns and I was on the lower end going backwards down the stairs. I’m about 5’5 and the guy I was carrying with is around 6 foot.just for context.
The lady on the stretcher was small and elderly, so not a heavy person at all, but I still found it really difficult. We got her down safely and everything went fine, but the weight felt much heavier than I expected, ibwas in the bottom end, so walking backwards down the stairs.
I think what’s bothering me is that if I struggled with someone small, what happens if I ever have to carry someone heavier? We will call im a 2nd team for someone very large however this lady today was tiny so quite likley that id have to do again with a 2 man team in the same way. Is this something that gets easier with experience/technique or does it genuinely mean I’m not strong enough for this kind of work?
Would appreciate honest opinions from people who do manual handling jobs because I can’t tell if I’m overthinking it and its normal for a first carry like this or wether i may just have got the strength needed for someone that isnt small.