Since we live in a physical world, it makes sense to stay physically fit. Below are 7 exercises or muscle stretches that should help:

• Stretch [25 seconds] Lay on your back, flat on the floor with your legs flat and hands above your head. Make your body as tall as possible by stretching.
  
• Bicycle crunch (or elbow to knee) [x25] Lay on your back, flat on the floor with your knees bent and your hands holding your head from behind. Then with a bicycle pedal motion, raise one leg, and while raising your upper body, use the elbow of your opposite arm to touch that knee. Now switch and twist to repeat this action with your other knee and elbow. See the YouTube video
  
• Easy pushups with neck twist and Achilles tendon stretch [x100] With your straightened body at a 45 degree angle, use a counter top (or other rigid structure) to push your body away from, then towards, the counter top, using your hands and arms. With each pushup turn your head side to side, and try to keep your feet flat on the floor.
  
• Finger pushups with back bend+ [x20] While standing, spread legs about 2 feet apart. Then touch the ground with your hands spread and back raised, do 4 pushups with your fingers while standing on the front part of your feet to create a rocking motion with your body. Go back to standing upright and place your knuckles on your abdomen and flex the hand/finger joints against your stomach or chest. Then place your fingers/hand together behind you while bending backwards as far as possible.
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• Spine twister [x50] While laying on your back, flat on the floor, lay both arms flat and stretched, reaching your hands out, away from your body to keep your shoulders flat against the floor. Rotate your lower body around your waste 25 times in each direction using your legs/feet to touch the floor on the opposite side of your body (right foot touches the floor to the left side of your body, then left foot touches the floor to the right side of your body). Hold the last position for 25 seconds.
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• Crunch with hand joint flex [x25] Like a situp, lay on your back with your knees bent. Initially put your hands behind your head and raise your upper body towards your bent knees. While doing each situp, place your knuckles on your stomach or chest and passively flex the hand/finger joints against your stomach or chest. Done in 2 sets of 50.
  
• Shoulder twist [x50] While standing or sitting, rotate your shoulders in a circular motion 25 times forward, then 25 times backward. If you're standing, spread your legs about about 1 foot apart, raise and lower your body using toes to coincide with each shoulder twist.
  

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