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...perhaps Armstrong's easiest Tour win, if easy can be applied to a grueling three-week event that took riders over 3,270 km of rolling valleys and vertiginous mountain peaks. With one-time winner and three-time runner-up Jan Ullrich of Germany sidelined with a knee injury and legendary Italian climber Marco Pantani under drug suspension, Armstrong had only one real challenger - Spanish climber Joseba Beloki of once, who finished 7:17 behind...
...physical fitness program at the Furongfang Women's Health Club in booming Guangzhou, and she isn't quitting. "There's a lot of pressure for young women to keep a stable job and find a good husband," says Renrui as she grimaces with the exertion of another deep knee- bend. "Exercise lets me relieve the stress I get from society and work." No pain, no gain. But in this instance, pain is pricey. The regimen in which Renrui is enrolled costs nearly $700, squats included...
...like Jordan, Li is discovering that knee ligaments and marketing formulas don't last forever. Li is uncharacteristically absent from his company's latest mainland advertising campaign, a $2.4 million TV blitz that coincides with World Cup broadcasts. The ads, featuring no-name characters wearing Li Ning Sports gear, are part of a corporate image overhaul to get younger, more affluent Chinese to wear the brand. Li, now 39, isn't recognizable to a hipper generation that follows NBA basketball and the English Premier League on TV. Fans "used to come by the thousands when I opened outlets," Li says...
...what's left for the 6% of Americans 30 or older and 12% of those 65 or older who suffer from osteoarthritis of the knee? Plenty. If you are overweight, the first step is obvious. If you lose just 5 lbs., that's 15 lbs. less pressure on your knees. Exercises can also make a difference. Strengthening the quadriceps around the knee with leg lifts will relieve some of the pressure on the joints. If you play sports or engage in other vigorous activities, doctors recommend a heating pad before and an ice pack afterward. For pain relief, over...
...else fails, there's one last surgical approach: total knee replacement. It's a major operation that involves removing the worn-away knee cap, replacing it with a plastic one and resurfacing the adjacent bones with plastic and metal veneer. It requires months of postsurgical physical therapy, but doctors report that the operation is up to 90% effective. Or at least they think...