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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/back-problems-not-just-a-part-of-getting-old/">Back problems: not just a part of “getting old”</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted November 2, 2007 at 12:00 PM by Denise Musumeci</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Ever turn on ESPN and watch elite sports such as golf, tennis, or rowing? It looks fairly simple, just a bunch of well-dressed people swinging relatively lightweight instruments without having to run or train at the gym. There is no physical contact, so there is not much of a chance of injuring yourself, right? WRONG! A study of thirty-three young, elite tennis players prove otherwise. After the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital scanned the spines of these men and women, they were found to have serious problems, although none of these adolescents reported any back pain. A whopping eighty-five percent were found to have spinal abnormalities that range from cysts to fractures in the lumbar spine. On top of these injuries, twenty-three had early-stage joint disease and an additional thirteen had herniated or shriveled discs. Authors of the study think…<a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/back-problems-not-just-a-part-of-getting-old/">(<a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/back-problems-not-just-a-part-of-getting-old/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/back-problems-not-just-a-part-of-getting-old/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/comment/back-problems-not-just-a-part-of-getting-old/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/his-fitness/">his-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/weight-room/">weight-room</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/injuries-rehab/">injuries-rehab</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/alt-fitness/">alt-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/his-health/">his-health</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/physical-health/">physical-health</a>, <a href="http://www.hesfit.com/men/archive/category/lifestyle-health/">lifestyle-health</a><br /><br /> </P>