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As people age, many are beginning to complain of pain in muscles and joints. It seems to tighten up with the times and in everyday activities, bent over in the morning paper can make them wince.

Such pain is intense, to the grip are sure it begins deep in their bones. But the real cause of stiffness and tenderness of the joints and bones do not lie, according to research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, but the muscle and connective tissue to the movement of the joints.

The frictional resistance created by the two rubbing surfaces of bones in the joints is negligible, even in joints damaged by arthritis. Read more…

The typical human form is capable of achieving a number of incredible feats that seem to suspend or defy the way science tells us things. Athletes, through sheer willpower, can end up lifting something that their bodies can not, without anything worse than cramps. People are able to adapt to extreme physical damage caused by a car accident, and is projected to resist to never walk again. While in general these amazing feats are useful in many situations of physical reactions that some people look at and a little more inappropriate. Among these ‘disfavored reactions’ is a so-called ‘weight loss plateau.’ Read more…