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Recovering from a DVT (blood clot)
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) refers to a blood clot that can form in the deep veins of the body. This is usually in the leg but rarely a DVT can form in arm veins as well. The condition can be serious in that if the clot forms or travels to the pulmonary veins in the…
Running an ultramarathon in your 50s. A success story!
As I turned 50 last year, I decided that I wanted to do another ultramarathon running race. I had previously done a 50km ultra 18 years ago, so it had been a long time! Back in the early 2000s I had run 3 London marathons and the 50km ultra in 2004. Since then, I had continued to try and run/keep fit as much as I could. However, in 2016 I developed ME (a type of chronic fatigue syndrome)…
Inflammation-friend or foe?
When we think of inflammation, it may present in various different ways. In more simple terms it can be produced by the body in either acute or chronic situations. In an acute setting, inflammation is the body’s natural way to achieve healing. Let us consider an acute ankle sprain- we turn our ankle as we…
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