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Western News – New Western study shows no pain, no gain for knee osteoarthritis – Western News
For people with osteoarthritis, exercise hurts. A lot. A new Western study shows, with the right exercise, working through the initial pain can help.
In the late 1970s, Jamie ODonnell deked and dangled on the ice for the Mitchell Hawks. Big goals, big games: he has no trouble remembering his junior hockey glory days. But if he ever does, his knees wont let him forget.
ODonnell, now 62, is not alone in his pain. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis, affecting about five million Canadians, and it occurs when cartilage the normally smooth, tough, elastic material that covers and protects the ends of bones begins to wear away…
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