It hit me last night that I will never be able to swim laps again. Sure I can play in the water, I can still use breaststroke, but my identity as a natural long distance swimmer must be buried.

I could swim before I could walk. the only sport where I ever won a blue ribbon was swimming the mile in freestyle.

After having to quit my competitive swim ( Read more... )

shoulder capsule tendonitis ( Read more... )

Fibromyalgia patients show brain abnormalities

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - French researchers have shown that patients with fibromyalgia have abnormal blood flow in the brain, which may be related to the underlying cause of the condition.

"We found brain functional differences between patients with fibromyalgia and those who do not have the ( Read more... )

Double jointed: Curse or blessing?
By Jane Elliott
Health reporter, BBC News

The music of Rachmaninov and the bowling of Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar are digitally dexterous feats made possible by the fact that both were double jointed.

But hypermobility, or joint hyperlaxity, the correct medical term for a condition found in 3% of the population, ( Read more... )