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* Abs and Back Strengthening *

- These are simple and only need a yoga mat and 10 minutes 3 times week. Even 1 session a week will kill a lot of back pain

- I will ignore situps here, because they're simple

- Get yoga mat.

- Lie _face down_, legs and arms outstretched

- Raise your _left_ arm and _right_ leg, so your body evens out

- Lower left arm / right leg

- Raise right arm, raise right leg

- Lower and repeat ~ 20 times

- Now switch to the situps and do 20 of one of the many varieties you can do.

- Alternate situps with prone swim, as the core muscles exhaust after 20 repititions. Keep both abs and back at same level to prevent hunching.

* Ergonomics *

- Get a foot rest

- Get an Aeron chair

- If you're right-handed get a left handed keyboard so that your hand does not have to travel over the numpad to reach the mouse. This extra travel distance can really hurt over time

I have a Evuloent http://www.evoluent.com/kb1.html

* Stretching *

Mentioned elsewhere, do your quads as much as possible



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