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Arthritis And Sport

Your bones spend time in a lot of joints. Knee joints. Hip joints. The joints inside your hands and the joints in your toes. Anywhere bones connect, there is also cartilage, a rubbery, protective layer of which makes certain your joints bend smoothly and painlessly. However even cartilage cannot do this incredible job on it’s own. A thin membrane known as the synovium supplies fluid that lubricates the moving parts of the joint. When the cartilage wears out, the synovium gets inflamed, the result is usually a case of osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. Continue reading

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Why Muscles Get Sore

As people age, they begin to complain more of pains in their muscles and joints. They seem to stiffen up with age, and such commonplace activities as bending over for the morning paper can make them wince.

Such pain can grip so fiercely that they are sure it begins deep in their bones. But the real cause of stiffness and soreness lies not in the joints or bones, according to research at the Johns Hopkins Medical School, but in the… Continue reading

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The Importance of Working Your Core Muscle

Aging contorts the body, allows calcium salts to settle in the joints and immobilizes the person further unless measures are taken to improve flexibility and… Continue reading

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Benefits of Stretching

The body is flexible. It is supposed to be flexible. However, if there are difficulties in doing such simple motions, then you have to stretch your limits. You need…. Continue reading

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