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  • What Happens to Your Body When You Play Tennis Regularly

    Research shows tennis may extend lifespan and improve heart health, bone strength, mobility, and social connection. While injuries, cost, and access can be drawbacks, experts agree that tennis provides broad health benefits.

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  • How to protect young athletes from ACL tears, other knee injuries

    The season ending knee injuries of top South Florida professional athletes Tyreek Hill and Alexander Barkov have many thinking about how to protect younger athletes from suffering similar ailments.

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  • Patellofemoral osteochondral allograft transplantation may effectively treat lesions

    Patellofemoral osteochondral allograft transplantation may be an effective procedure for patients with chondral lesions, according to results presented

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  • How small changes in walking technique may help treat knee osteoarthritis

    Gait analysis and pain measures show that subtly adjusting the angle of the foot during walking may reduce knee pain caused by osteoarthritis. This approach may also slow progression of the condition, an incurable disease in which the cartilage cushion inside a joint breaks down.

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  • How to Get Rid of Sore Muscles: 10 Relief Tips

    It's common for your muscles to feel sore after a workout, particularly if it's a new exercise for you or a more intense session. Experts call this delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), and it happens after physical activity that puts an unaccustomed load on your muscles. Whether muscle soreness is mild and barely noticeable or extremely painful, there are several ways in which to relieve discomfort and possibly recover faster.

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  • 8 Types of Shoulder Surgeries

    Common types of shoulder surgeries include rotator cuff repair, total shoulder replacement, and arthroscopy for conditions like frozen shoulder or impingement syndrome. In general, these and other shoulder procedures help treat shoulder injuries by repairing or replacing cartilage, tendons and ligaments, muscles, and joints.

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  • Does running ruin your knees? And how old is too old to start?

    You've probably heard that running is tough on your knees—and even that it can cause long-term damage. But is this true?

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  • Understanding the differences between mobility and flexibility

    Mobility and flexibility are related but distinct. Improving flexibility and mobility may improve a person’s athletic performance and range of motion, and help to reduce the risk of injuries.

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  • How tennis takes a toll: The leg and foot injuries players need to watch out for

    Tennis demands explosive movement like lunges, pivots, sprints and sudden stops. Every serve starts with a push from the toes. Every rally shifts weight between the heel and forefoot. Unlike sports with linear movement, like sprinting, tennis places constant multi-directional stress on the feet and ankles—two of the most frequently injured body parts in the game.

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  • 10 types of exercise to try with arthritis of the knee

    Exercises for knee arthritis, such as leg lifts, can strengthen the muscles around the knee joint and help a person stay active. Swimming and elliptical training are also suitable options.

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