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• Exercise and Joint Wear

  Taking up exercise

  Does exercise cause wear and tear in knee cartilage?

  It almost seems intuitive that exercise would cause joint wear. After all we are all used to mechanical devices deteriorating with use so the same would be expected of the body’s moving joints. However this may not be as simple as it appears. [..]
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• Shoulder problems in middle age

  What is causing my shoulder pain?

  Chances are if you are over 40 years of age that it is rotator cuff tendinopathy, a rotator cuff tear, acromio-clavicular osteoarthritis or a frozen shoulder.
  In fact it could be a combination of any of the above.

  Rotator cuff problems are very common. They start with pain in [..]
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• High Performance Sports Value and Funding

  Olympics 2012

  With the Olympics 2012 over for nearly 2 weeks Ireland has settled back to normal very quickly. I wonder has the euphoria totally dissipated. It is expected that those with a casual interest in sport will settle down very quickly and move on to the next event. But what are the lasting implications [..]
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