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Care for Fibromyalgia with Exercise

Everyone has occasional aches and pains, some intense and lingering. Fibromyalgia is a lifetime with these symptoms. It’s like suffering the effects of injuries that never heal. Exercise can make living with this chronic condition tolerable …

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Exercise Eases Arthritis Symptoms

Loosen up! The stiffness and pain associated with arthritis can threaten to immobilize you. A short stint on the couch may feel good for a day. However, physical activity is the long-term solution to healing arthritis pain …

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Coming Down from 600 Pounds

Member William Heard shares insight on a life of obesity and the challenges he is overcoming in his quest for healthy weight. If you’re feeling sluggish or overwhelmed to drop pounds you resolved to lose in 2010, consider this big inspiration …

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Reviving the Swimmer Within

What began as a quest for a healthier lifestyle led member Scott Carpenter to three National Swimming Championships and the World Masters Games. He won five medals at the latter, one of them gold. Rehabilitating his shoulders, quitting his cigarette habit, and resuming coaching happened along the way …

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Aquatic Program Helps Create a Swim Star

Although she enjoyed the occasional swim at her community pool, member Elizabeth Kaczmarek didn’t know the splash she would make in the competitive swim world. This preteen athlete is a cross-country racer who learned that land isn’t the only race turf …

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