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My mother's doctor suggest she use her fingers to walk up the side of a wall or cabinets three times a day, 5 sets each time to keep her back from hurting and strengthen her upper body. She's 85, active and walks about a mile daily, lives by herself. It worked like magic after two weeks, no more back pain or soreness. I realized, after 40, we no longer really exercise our upper bodies especially our shoulders with all those tiny muscles. As kids, we climb monkey bars, trees, and play ball all day long and get enough of the upper body exercise. About the only thing I do now its to reach for the coffee mug in the upper cabinet and that's really about it. Now, I try to keep it moving, nothing like lifting weight but I try to stay mobile. I carry some things here and there but nothing too heavy for work anymore. HAvn't done it since my mid 30s. My father always told me to hire a donkey and save myself and don't abuse my body.
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