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"One of the easiest ways to prevent pain is to engage in activities like walking, gardening, swimming, and dancing as they tend to ease some of the pain in a direct manner by inhibiting pain signals sent to the brain. Moreover, these activities are useful to stretch stiff and tense joints, ligaments, and muscles to lessen the severity and occurrence of pain."

"BERLIN (AFP) - Germany's only Tour de France winner, Jan Ullrich, turns 40 on Monday, insisting he has come to terms with his doping past. Ullrich, who retired in 2007 having won the 1997 Tour, admitted earlier this year that he had resorted to blood doping during his career with the help of Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes."

"Some were cyclists who injected themselves with banned endurance boosters and popped testosterone pills. Some lay side by side with teammates while blood dripped from chilled IV bags and into their swelling veins. Others were doctors who helped cyclists dope or middlemen who ferried drugs for Lance Armstrong's United States Postal Service team."