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Stretch Yourself

BRADY PETERSON, a retired university professor, had always been active, working out and walking up to 10 miles a day. Then, about four years ago, after increasing stiffness and pain in his extremities, the 75-year-old was diagnosed with polymyalgia rheumatica, an inflammatory disease that can affect every part of the body.

“I couldn’t even

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