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  • What is the best thing for stiff joints?

    Many people who experience joint stiffness tend to feel it after sitting for prolonged periods or after first waking up. Some people experience a mild discomfort that goes away after moving again. Others find that the stiffness lasts longer and is more uncomfortable.

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  • Return to play for soccer athletes and risk for future injury

    A new study presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) looked at soccer athletes who sustained an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction to better understand the average return to play time and their risk of injury following a revision ACL reconstruction.

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  • Delayed rotator cuff repair yielded superior functional outcomes vs immediate repair

    Despite improvements in clinical outcomes and a low incidence of retears among patients who underwent either immediate or delayed surgical repair of a partial-thickness rotator cuff tear, results published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine showed delayed surgery yielded superior functional outcomes at 6 months postoperatively.

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  • Program seen as effective for medial elbow injury prevention in baseball players

    A prevention program that improves physical function was effective in the prevention of medial elbow injury in youth baseball players, according to a recently published study.

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  • A Surgery-Free Fix for Bad Knees?

    Microparticles inserted into small blood vessels around the knee helped reduce the pain and improve function in eight arthritis sufferers, according to clinical trial results. The results were presented Monday at the Society of Interventional Radiology's annual meeting, in Los Angeles.

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