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Fixing Tennis Elbow: A Proven Banded Mobilization Strategy · The Well-Built Life

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  Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Welcome back to the Well Built Life. I
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  am really glad you are here today. This is a
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  space where we cut through the complicated trends and confusing
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  advice to talk about what actually works for your health, fitness,
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  and overall well being. No intense jargon, no extreme rules,
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  just simple practical tips you can easily fit into your
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  everyday routine to feel a little stronger, healthier, and more balanced.
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  Grab a drink, get comfortable, and let's dive into today's conversation.
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  We are going to discuss the absolute delight that is
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  tennis elbow, or as the medical crowd likes to call it,
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  with clinical detachment lateral epicondylitis. It is truly a masterclass
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  in the absurd. There is something profoundly grotesque about your
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  body deciding that the simple act of holding a coffee
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  mug or shaking hands should feel like you are being
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  stabbed by a tiny, invisible gladiator. According to widespread digital chronicles,
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  this condition turns the most mundane tasks into a bizarre
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  form of self inflicted torture. You reach for a dumbbell
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  and suddenly your elbow screams in protest, as if your
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  forearm has developed a sophisticated, albeit completely unhelpful opinion on
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  your training volume. The irony here is rich You spend months,
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  perhaps years, perfecting your form, chasing those gains, only to
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  be sidelined by a joint that has apparently decided to
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  stage a labor strike. It is a classic bit of
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  dark comedy. You try to make a fist, and instead
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  of a display of raw power, you get a sharp,
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  piercing reminder that your anatomy is currently mocking your best intentions. Now,
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  if you wander into the digital abyss of fitness forums,
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  you will find a consensus that the solution is always
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  the same, slow, methodical, eccentric strengthening. You know the drill.
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  You spend weeks lowering weights with the grace of a glacier,
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  hoping that overloading those forearm extensors will finally convince your
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  tendons to stop throwing a tantrum. It is the standard prescription,
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  the holy grail of physical therapy, and yet it is
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  often a total failure. It is quite fascinating, in a
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  deeply frustrating way, why this happens. We focus on the muscles,
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  treating them like the primary culprits, while ignoring the fact
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  that the elbow joint itself might be suffering from a
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  positional fault. You can strengthen the surrounding tissue until you
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  are blue in the face, but if the joint mechanics
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  are stuck in a state of misalignment, you are essentially
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  trying to fix a broken engine by polishing the hood.
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  It is a quintessential example of misplaced effort. We chase
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  the symptom, ignore the mechanical dysfunction, and then wonder why
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  the pain persists. It is a beautifully tragic cycle of
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  repetition that leaves most people holding their aching arms wondering
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  where their training went wrong. Let us stop pretending that
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  simply doing more of the same will magically resolve a
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  problem that requires a bit more nuanced soo. Let us
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  descend into the delightful, albeit slightly grotesque, world of the
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  positional fault. It is a concept that sounds like something
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  out of a poorly translated automotive manual, yet it is
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  precisely where your elbow currently resides. Imagine your joint as
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  a poorly aligned cabinet door that refuses to close without
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  a bit of persuasive violence. When we discuss a positional fault.
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  We are essentially suggesting that the bones of your elbow
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  have decided to stage a minor localized mutiny, shifting just
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  enough to create a discordance that makes every lift feel
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  like a betrayal. It is a classic bit of biological comedy.
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  Your body is technically functional, yet it insists on sabotaging
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  its own utility for reasons that remain as obscure as
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  they are irritating. To rectify this, we turn to the
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  monster band, a tool that looks like it belongs in
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  a dungeon but acts like a precision instrument for the misaligned.
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  The goal here is to induce a lotteral joint glide,
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  which is essentially the physical therapy equivalent of giving your
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  elbow a stern, corrective nudge back into its proper ZIP code.
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  According to the broad consensus found across digital health archives,
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  the logic here is almost insultingly simple. You anchor that
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  thick piece of industrial rubber just below the crease of
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  your elbow, ensuring the placement is precise. Too high and
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  you are just performing an expensive rubbery hug. Too low,
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  and you are merely testing the tensile strength of your
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  own skin from the perspective of various online fitness repositories.
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  The tension is the secret sauce that separates genuine mechanical
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  intervention from well doing absolutely nothing of value. Once you
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  have anchored the band and created a significant lateral pull,
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  you are essentially creating a new temporary spatial reality for
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  your joint. You make a fist palm facing the floor,
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  and in a scenario that borders on the bazaar, the
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  pain that usually greets you like an unwonted HouseGuest, often vanishes.
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  It is a profoundly ironic outcome. The very movement that
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  previously signaled imminent doom now feels strangely frictionless because you
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  have physically forced the joint into a state of mechanical cooperation.
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  It is a master class in the absurd. You have
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  to physically drag your own anatomy into submission before it
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  decides to behave like a civilized hinge again. If the
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  pain persists, you simply increase the lateral glide by dancing
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  a bit further away from the anchor point, effectively turning
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  up the pressure until the joint relents. It is a cold,
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  calculated manipulation of physics designed to remind your elbow that
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  it is not, in fact the one in charge of
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  your training schedule. Now that you have successfully shackled your
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  limb to an inanimate object, let us proceed to the
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  actual mechanics of this peculiar ritual. It is a delightfully
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  ironic spectacle watching a grown adult treat their own forearm
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  like a malfunctioning appliance in need of a firm, rhythmic reset.
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  According to various digital repositories of physical therapy wisdom, the
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  first phase involves the humble fist clench. You are instructed
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  to rhythmically contract your grips, squeezing with the intensity of
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  some one trying to choke the life out of their
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  own frustrations, for about fifteen to twenty repetitions. It is
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  a starkly droll exercise. Really, you are essentially performing a
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  high stake's hand shake with thin air while the band
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  pulls your joint into a state of forced compliance. Once
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  you have mastered the art of the aggressive clench, we
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  move to the second act, the rest rotation. This movement
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  introduces a layer of complexity that feels almost like a
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  choreographed piece of physical theater. You maintain that tension. Clench
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  your fist and then pivot your hand in a slow,
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  deliberate arc. Rotate it toward the ceiling, then back toward
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  the ground, as if you are trying to unscrew a
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  stubborn lid on a jar that contains all your athletic ambitions.
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  From the vantage point of internet based health guidance, this
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  rotation is the key to unlocking the subtle stiffness that
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  has been plaguing your range of motion. It is a
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  bit of a farce, the idea that a simple twist
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  of the wrist could silence the protestations of an angry tendon,
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  Yet the sheer audacity of the movement often yields the
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  most surprising results. Finally, we arrive at the third stage,
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  which is specifically tailored for those who find the bicep
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  curl to be an exercise in masochism. You maintain that
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  constant lateral pull on the joint, form your fist and
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  execute a controlled curl, extend, retract, and release. It is
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  a repetitive, almost meditative loop of movement that forces the
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  elbow to track through its path without the usual agonizing
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  feedback loop of inflammation. The irony here is palpable. You
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  are using the very motion that causes you distress to
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  systematically dismantle the source of that distress. According to widespread
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  reports found in the digital ether, the efficiency of this
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  sequence is bordering on the supernatural. You are essentially gaslighting
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  your own nervous system into believing that the joint is
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  functioning perfectly, effectively silencing the pain signals through sheer mechanical persistence.
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  It is a cold, calculated bit of physiological trickery that
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  would be truly impressive if the entire scenario were not
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  so profoundly ridiculous. But then again, in the realm of
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  body maintenance, nothing is quite as effective as a little
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  bit of high functioning absurdity. Of course, the inevitable inquiry remains,
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  how long must you endure this charade before your tendons
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  decide to stop their petulant protest. Digital records suggest that
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  for many the transformation is almost immediate, a result that
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  feels less like clinical rehabilitation and more like a cheap
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  magic trick performed by a cynical street magician. You might
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  find it utterly preposterous that a piece of rubber and
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  a few rhythmic squeezes can override months of suffering. Yet
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  the data floating in the virtual ether confirms that consistency
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  is the only currency that matters here. If you abandon
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  the routine the moment the stabbing sensation subsides, you are
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  merely inviting the agony to return for an encore, which
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  would be a truly farcical way to spend your time.
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  It is worth noting, with a touch of wearied detachment,
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  that this is not a universal panacea for all the
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  structural betrayals your body might commit. Should you find yourself
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  plagued by the medial counterpart that delightful little nightmare known
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  as golfer's elbow, do not assume the same lateral fix
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  will suffice. Online consensus points to the fact that internal
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  elbow strife often requires a slightly different tactical approach. Lest
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  you find yourself trapped in a cycle of feudal ironic repetition,
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  one must treat these physical malfunctions with the same cold,
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  analytical distance a mechanic might reserve for a rusted sedan.
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  It is all rather absurd, really, how our biological hardware
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  demands such constant, dyest maintenance just to perform the most
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  mundane of tasks without sending a distress signal to the brain.
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  If you are the type of person who enjoys collecting
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  injuries like vintage stamps, there are, according to various public databases,
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  deeper guides and comprehensive manuals available to help you navigate
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  your own anatomy's inevitable decline. It is a strange, ironic existence,
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  spending our precious hours reading about how to fix the
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  very machines that are actively working against us, But such
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  is the human condition. Embrace the maintenance, perform your drills
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  with the necessary level of grim determination, and perhaps you
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  will earn a few more months of pain free existence
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  before your joints decide to stage another theatrical rebellion. That
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  brings us to the end of today's episode. Thank you
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