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You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.

Hey everybody, it's Mariel.

How you doing with your New Year's resolutions?

I ask because it's been about two weeks since the year started.

And this is where the rubber tends to meet the road.

Oh yeah, we all have big ideas and grand plans on New Year's Eve.

But then life starts to get in the way.

We fall into old habits or we fail to start new ones.

You know, or we meet resistance.

One of the most common goals for New Year's is to get fit, to exercise, or move more.

But what if your body doesn't cooperate?

Reporter Asia Drain has been a dancer. But what if your body doesn't cooperate?

Reporter Asia Drain has been a dancer her whole life,

and she loves going to the gym and just generally moving around.

But a few months ago, while working at at home,

I felt a sharp pain in my back, and by doctor's

orders was couch-ridden for three months. I could barely move. It was hard to walk to work,

to get up and cook, and of course dance like I always love to do.

For the past year, she's been learning how to cope with these limitations and how she can move

and exercise.

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