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    <title>Hip pain or back pain? How to tell which one you actually have</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Half the people who say "my hip hurts" are pointing at their back, and the treatments could not be more different. Where the pain sits, and what brings it on, usually settles it.</description>
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    <title>Frozen shoulder: why it takes so long, and what actually helps</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>A frozen shoulder gets better — almost always — but on its own timetable. Knowing the three stages tells you what to do in each one and what to stop worrying about.</description>
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    <title>You have twisted your knee playing sport. What to do in the first 48 hours</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The first two days after a knee injury decide how quickly it settles and how clearly it can be examined. Here is what helps, what does not, and the four signs that mean it should be seen quickly.</description>
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    <title>Four weeks before a joint replacement: a practical checklist</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The patients who recover fastest from a knee or hip replacement are usually the ones who prepared their body and their home before the operation. Here is what to do, week by week.</description>
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    <title>Why knees hurt on stairs (but not on flat ground)</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Stairs load the kneecap with several times your body weight. If stairs hurt while level walking feels fine, the pattern itself is a clue to what is going on.</description>
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    <title>Preventing falls and fractures at home: ten changes that take an afternoon</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Most hip fractures in older adults happen at home, on a flat floor, doing something ordinary. The fixes are cheap, unglamorous, and among the most effective things in orthopaedics.</description>
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    <title>Robotic knee replacement recovery: what actually happens, week by week</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>The operation takes about ninety minutes. The recovery takes months — and knowing the honest timeline in advance is what keeps patients from panicking at week three.</description>
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    <title>Twelve questions to ask before you agree to any orthopaedic operation</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>A good surgeon welcomes these questions. The answers tell you whether the operation is right, whether now is the time, and what your part in the result will be.</description>
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    <title>Seven habits that protect your joints after 40</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Cartilage does not grow back — but how fast it wears is substantially in your hands. What the evidence actually supports, minus the supplement hype.</description>
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