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Shoulder Pain - Heart Attack or Rotator Cuff Injury?

The great TV classic ER helps teach armchair physicians to become amateur diagnosticians. He's in shock! She's got...
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Repairing an Injured Rotator Cuff

As we get older, rotator cuff injuries become more common, a result of the natural aging process. A similar...
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Entropy, the Gym, and You

Let’s say you’ve been taking some time off from the gym. Maybe you reached the end of your 12-week training cycle...
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Pull Weeds, Not Your Back!

As springtime approaches, weather warms up and leaves turn green, many people will spend more time outside...
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Going for the Gold

It seems that at least once a month, some sort of senior fitness competition is featured on the sports page of...
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Hazy Shade of Winter

Simon and Garfunkel [and later, The Bangles] had it right. Winter light is hazy - it's more diffuse. The sun is...
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Mission Possible

Everyone knows what he or she "should" do to obtain good health. But the mere knowledge of what we should be doing...
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Heavy Lifting

All of us who’ve experienced a back injury of one sort or another have been told at some point to “avoid heavy...
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One, Two, or Three Miles?

Even experienced exercisers sometimes find it difficult to know how much to do. For the beginner this uncertainty...
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Drivers Education

We all know someone who has suffered a serious driving-related injury that had nothing to do with being involved...