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GreenWave

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3. There are light exercises such as the 5 Tibetans which may be helpful.
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 06:21 PM
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If you see them online just do what you can, meaning you can cheat a little. Go slowly such as 2 or 3 times each different exercise (So after a day you will have done 10-15 in 1 minute or so.) . These 5 have been around for 5,000 + years so they are not without tremendous trial and error.

I am sorry you fell. It happened to me in the front yard, but I had slipped during lawn mowing. The embarrassing part was trying to get up without the neighbors noticing. I had placed boulders near the pecan tree and rolled toward them. Then I had enough height to get up.
if you can sit down, here is an easy one. Sit almost completely down but stop an inch shy, then raise your self up and repeat slowly.
If you need a table for help for this next one it's fine. Slow calf raises on your toes try to stay on top for a few seconds, then slowly 2-3 seconds to go back down, Both of these should see very gradual increases as the weeks go by.

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