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Good Samaritan Hospital Helps Rockland Fireman Return To Form Good Samaritan Hospital Helps Rockland Fireman Return To Form
Good Samaritan Hospital Helps Rockland Fireman Return To Form After being forced to abandon his hobbies of bowling and rowing due to constant knee pain, Robert Young of Sloatsburg, knew he had to make a change. Young, 65, leads an active life. His job as a condominium superintendent keeps him on the move all day, climbing ladders, fixing elevators and the like. For 38 years, he’s been a volunteer firefighter; for the last five, he’s served the department as a scuba rescue diver. But Young’s knee pain was interfering with activities he loved. Despite his “very high tolerance for pain,” he knew he had to do something about his knees. In the fall of 2016…

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Suffering From Arthritis? Here Are Seven Things You Need To Know Suffering From Arthritis? Here Are Seven Things You Need To Know
Suffering From Arthritis? Here Are Seven Things You Need To Know Many newly diagnosed arthritis patients find themselves filled with questions and misconceptions about the painful condition. In honor of Arthritis Awareness Month, and to help set the record straight, Dr. Oliver Kurucz, chief of rheumatology at Montefiore Nyack Hospital, discussed the most common questions he hears from newly-diagnosed patients: Q: What is arthritis? A: The word “arthritis” means joint inflammation. In fact, there are more than 100 kinds of arthritis and related diseases, osteoarthritis being the most common. Symptoms include achy joints after physical work or exercise as…

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