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Exercise with Limitations
By: Judy Kohn, RN, BSN, CDE
Posted: 04.01.2009
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Exercise with Limitations

Can you recommend exercises for people with limited mobility? I have a bad knee and back problems, and I cannot walk very far. All I ever read is how important it is to walk regularly but that is not an option for me.

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