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...heavier categories once again proved to be the Achilles’ heel for Harvard, as it lost the 184-lb., 197-lb. and heavyweight matches...
...previous matches, Harvard has had success in the lighter weight categories, but struggeled in the heavier ones, due in large part to injuries...
...whose quick stops and sharp pivots do maximum damage to the knees and hips. (Gen Xers can look forward to the effects of video games on the thumbs, another body part that's particularly prone to osteoarthritis.) Finally, top it all off with a generation of Americans who are heavier than ever and whose weight is literally squeezing the life out of their joints...
...strong, healthy bones--the kind that are least susceptible to the brittleness of osteoporosis--are at greater risk of developing osteoarthritis. (Nature is often just not fair.) Once again, doctors suspect that a complex interplay of mechanical and biochemical factors is at work. Strong, healthy bones can support a heavier load. They also tend to replace old bone cells with new bone cells at a pretty fast clip. But somehow the biochemical signals that are responsible for the bone's increasing turnover rate trigger even greater damage to the cartilage...
Whereas some college students struggle with the “freshmen fifteen,” Jesse Jantzen had no trouble with the “junior eight.” Jantzen, No. 2 in the nation at 149 lbs., blitzed through his heavier opponents at 157, pinning four and winning a 19-4 technical fall en route to the finals...