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In fact, some sports medicine experts say static stretching actually inhibits performance, decreasing power and speed, and can cause micro-tears in tendons, ligaments and muscles.

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Then steel cables called tendons are threaded through the segments to bind them together.

Dulles rail bridge project looms on horizon at Tysons Corner

THE MUSCLES75 are connected with the bones, cartilages, ligaments, and skin, either directly, or through the intervention of fibrous structures called tendons or aponeuroses.

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They are fastened to the bones by strong cords, called tendons

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Other fibrous connective tissues, known as tendons and ligaments, attach muscles to bones and bones to bones; these structures are held together by strands of an extracellular protein called collagen.

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But it was the attached mechanical forearm that provided most of the wrist action, as mechanical "tendons" pushed and pulled on the fingers.

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Yes, they have gone to a mesh back for this chair but in this case the mesh is supported by a series of "tendons" which allow the amount of support offered over the range of the backrest to differ.

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We put on more muscle mass that tends to put a little more stretch on the tendons which is a good thing and it helps load the bones a little bit more as well.

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~ Trigger Points: What They Are, What They Mean -- When muscles and other soft-tissues such as tendons and ligaments are placed under increased stress due to overuse, postural strain, etc., they have a tendency to develop localized areas which become hyper-sensitive, irritated and painful.

Speedlinking 4/3/07

On Friday, the city said that maintenance workers had found signs of corrosion in the bridge's "tendons," cables under tension in three sections that squeeze pieces of the box-girder bridge into a whole.

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