Okay, you are not dreaming, you have stiff shoulders and stiff fingers, and you cannot seem to bend as easily as you did even 5 years ago.

Work with your body, do range of motion exercises, start with your fingers and wiggle them up and down and back and forth. Proceed to your knees and bend using your knees as if you were going to be filing books on a shelf and it’s the last shelf towards the floor. You will need to make a plan to exercise your bones and muscles so you don’t loose their effectiveness.I get up 30 minutes earlier now and devote this time to muscle strenthening using my tread mill and hand pulls.

Read Relax into Stretch Instant Flexibility Through Mastering Muscle Tension for muscle strenthening ideas. Or watch Stretching DVD by Bob Anderson to help you to develop a muscle strengthening routine.

Now that you are starting into or are in menopause, you don’t want to lose your muscle strength and bone strength. Tightness is a sign you are not using your arms or legs or knees etc. enough. Come on, get moving its for the long haul! Many libraries rent out exercise videos so you can see what style you like the best. Check with your doctor before doing rigorous exercise. Always start slowly like 5  minutes a day and then move up to more time. Do a warm up stretch routine for at least five minutes before beginning.

Why not listen to some tunes like Let It Be when you are ready to start your program. You know it’s your life, why not keep it a healthy one!