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Arthritis

Even the simplest tasks can become painful, reducing the quality of our lives, when joint  inflammation leads to decreased mobility. This chronic inflammatory disease is so prevalent that I feel the need to include information about the new research going on at TOSH.  The interview with Dr. Barker was done through USANA Health Sciences, and I have permission to include it in it's entirety.  read more »

Petie the OTR is Back with a New Knee .... ouch!

I have been an avid skier all of my life.  My skiing days ended when I took a bad fall on our stairs and broke the left fibula in 2003.  I ended up having surgery that consisted of a plate and 5 screws.  I am sure that I also twisted my knee and added to the damage with the lower leg/ankle's lacking it's usual mobility during the recovery process. Skiing injuries added to my weakened knee.
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What Happed to Petie? Doing some 'Life Research' to Write in 2011

I thought I'd put an update here about what happened to Petie, since she was writing this summer and then "poof" dropped away.  She went on a little more challenging hike than usual and had extraordinary knee pain afterwards and found out she had to have knee surgery.  She's made notes of her experience and looks forward to bringing that to us in 2011.  As happens to us all sometimes, unfortunately, she had a lot of different things in addition kinda hit her at once.  I'll let her share with you what all that might have been if she wants when she gets back.&nbs  read more »

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