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Pettitte's back throwing wrench in plans  -  25 Mar 2008
MLB.com..."I don't think it's anything other than a muscle spasm." Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that Pettitte would not be scheduled for an MRI since the club

Image Collides With Reality  -  25 Mar 2008
TheDay,Long-brewing anger over China's poor treatment of the Tibetan people boiled over last week in a spasm of violence. Crowds responded with mob mentality in

All in a good night's sleep  -  25 Mar 2008
Gold Coast News,Heaps suffer a mild form of rhabdomyolosis, causing muscle fibre spasm and pain. There are now many different brands. Recent ones are claimed to cause less

Stop Your Sciatica … Now!  -  25 Mar 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,Pelvic imbalance causes the Sacro-Iliac joints to tighten which then allows the muscles in the buttock to go into spasm, leading to sciatica.

Backache - Causes and Natural Home Remedies for Backache  -  25 Mar 2008
Los Angeles Chronicle,The severity of the injury ranges from mild to severe, depending on the degree of strain and resulting spasm of the muscles of the low back.

Any actual coach need not apply  -  25 Mar 2008
Chicago Daily Herald,After Nocioni erupted in a spasm of March sadness, Boylan has as much chance of successfully managing this group as I have of successfully managing the

Life's hard lesson for Clayton family man  -  25 Mar 2008
Oakleigh Monash Leader,..."I would be climbing a ladder and suddenly my leg would spasm uncontrollably," he said. "And once I had to be carried out of a junior footy function because

Redding's injury: Thoracic spasm? [Mark Zuckerman]  -  Mar 23, 2008
Washington Times,The medical report on Tim Redding just came in. He has right thoracic spasms. What does that mean? Apparently, he has spasms in the right part of his upper

Beckett suffers back spasm, leaves spring start  -  Mar 8, 2008
Boston Herald,By AP FORT MYERS, Fla. - Red Sox [team stats] ace Josh Beckett [stats] suffered back spasms while warming up in Saturday’s spring training game versus the

Red Sox in a spasm after ace Beckett's back acts up  -  Mar 9, 2008
Chicago Tribune,Josh Beckett's back pain began when he landed on a soft spot after his first warmup pitch. He threw five more, then walked off the field before the game

Flood reveals back spasm before England victory  -  Feb 25, 2008
Guardian Unlimited,..."My back went into spasm after I hit a tackle bag being held by Ben Kay," said the Newcastle midfielder. "I was really struggling in the last 20 minutes

Beckett To Miss Red Sox Opener In Japan Due To Back Spasm  -  Mar 16, 2008
AHNFort Myers, FL (AHN) - Red Sox ace Josh Beckett will miss the team's game trip to Japan after hurting his back eight days ago. The Boston Red Sox will open

Kirkland to be assessed by England  -  Mar 23, 2008
Vitalfootball,...that he was merely winded but he received lengthy treatment before he was able to continue and its been suggested that he suffered a back muscle spasm.

Canada's car sales frenzy won't last, dealer group says  -  Mar 20, 2008
National Post,But the sales spasm won't last, says the chief executive of Canada's only publicly traded auto dealer group. "We were pleasantly surprised really for the

Willingham leads Marlins past Nats  -  Mar 23, 2008
MLB.comNationals on the mound: Redding sailed along through three perfect innings, before he was lifted in the fourth inning with a mid-back spasm.

V8 champ has scan after spasm  -  Feb 27, 2008
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),INJURED Gold Coast V8 driver Matt Kingsley was last night undergoing an MRI scan after having several spasms yesterday. injured in a high speed accident

Isringhausen scratched from game  -  Mar 16, 2008
MLB.com..."He's got a little spasm in his back. When the spasm goes away, he's probably OK." Duncan would not rule out the possibility that Isringhausen could pitch

We Got Bloodspasm  -  Mar 12, 2008
Tucson Weekly,Fueled by the twin-guitar attack of Mike Gorman and Paul Young, and by the over-the-top antics of XL-sized frontman Bob Spasm, Bloodspasm lasted several

Caring for Ms. Griffin: Having a Family Member as a Patient Can be ...  -  Mar 24, 2008
Nurse.com,She was prescribed diazepam (Valium) to decrease anxiety during laryngo-spasm episodes. Ms. Griffin quickly adopted a more sedentary lifestyle.

Ninth will be the degree of separation for Wood  -  Mar 24, 2008
Chicago Tribune,Wood has pitched not only on back-to-back days, but now has thrown three times in four days (what back spasm?). In his last nine appearances, while hitting

Stubborn cough hard to kick  -  Mar 19, 2008
13abc.com,...happens is the more you cough, the more you irritate. The more you irritate, the more you spasm, and it's a vicious cycle, so you have to break the cycle."

Beckett suffers setback in recovery  -  Mar 10, 2008
MLB.com..."We just have to get the spasm out of there and let it calm down," said Francona. "When we do that, we'll allow him back to doing some activities.

Girls basketball: Gardner's absence left a hole in the lineup  -  Mar 8, 2008
Los Angeles Times,Part of that had to do with the absence of 6-foot-1 sophomore Rhema Gardner, who left the game midway through the first overtime with a spasm in her calf.

Red Sox Pitcher Beckett Has Back Spasms  -  Mar 8, 2008
The Associated Press...(AP) — Josh Beckett's back went into spasm while warming up for Saturday's spring training game. The Boston Red Sox ace left without facing a Florida

Dr. Kestner: What to do about acute low back pain  -  Mar 2, 2008
Murfreesboro Post,This will often be followed by an involuntary spasm of the muscles surrounding the injury. This spasm works as a sort of natural splint to reduce the motion

'ShadowLight': the motion of poetry  -  Feb 24, 2008
The California Aggie Online,..."Spasm" examines Shakespeare beyond the literary and dramatic, instead using an interpretive artistic representation of the themes of Romeo and Juliet via

PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - March 3  -  Mar 2, 2008
ReutersRAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas suspended peace talks with Israel following a spasm of violence in the Gaza Strip that

Manager Q&A: Gus MacPherson  -  Mar 17, 2008
Glasgow Daily Record,A:Will’s back went into a spasm and he could not play at the weekend. However, he has seen a chiropractor and physio and we hope to have him back for the St

Avigen to Present At Cowen & Company Health Care Conference  -  Mar 11, 2008
Primenewswire (press release),The company currently has in development AV650 for neuromuscular spasm and spasticity and AV411 for neuropathic pain. Additionally, the company has in

Don't ignore muscle spasms after falling or shoveling snow  -  Feb 26, 2008
Kalamazoo Gazette - MLive.com,All of those activities could lead to a muscle spasm, a painful condition in which the muscle contracts involuntarily for long periods of time.

Comedies without content clutter Broadway  -  Mar 24, 2008
PopMatters,For reasons I’m struggling to guess, however, Broadway is having a silly spasm of comedies without content or subtext. In December, we got “Is He Dead?

Health and fitness briefs  -  Mar 24, 2008
The Coloradoan,But small clots can also form when the blood vessels are thawed and re-warmed, and spasm of the damaged arteries further obstructs blood flow to the

Ipsen and Medicis announce submission of Reloxin(R) BLA in ...  -  Mar 16, 2008
WELT ONLINE,Dysport® is a neuromuscular blocking toxin which acts to block acetylcholine release, hence reducing muscular spasm and was initially developed for the

Swallowing problem leaves man puzzled  -  Feb 29, 2008
Northern Daily News,There was also some nausea while the muscle spasm continued. Someone told me to drink some water to "wash it down," but it only added to the discomfort.

Do you see floaters or flashes of light?  -  Mar 23, 2008
Daytona Beach News-Journal,These types of flashes are usually caused by a spasm of blood vessels, called a migraine, in the brain. If a headache follows the flashes, it is called a

Tim Redding Injured!!!...Washington Nationals...Huh?...Not Worried???  -  Mar 23, 2008
Federal Baseball,It's a muscle spasm." As for today's game, Redding gave up 4 runs on 3 hits and a walk in 3.1 IP before leaving the game with the Nationals down 4-2,

I want to be a saga lout  -  Mar 21, 2008
Times Online,Deep in the bowels of Whitehall a government warning panel has exploded in a spasm of flashing red lights and whoop-whoop sirens. Quick, scramble the press

Paint-The-Town on Saturday, Get-Rid-Of-Stains on Sunday  -  Mar 23, 2008
Ludhiana Newsline,Two complained of skin allergy and the third suffered from respiratory spasm caused by dry colours. All these patients told me that they had used only

Fingertips turning blue  -  Mar 1, 2008
TamilStar.com,Sometimes the ends of the fingers can go blue, then white as a result of spasm of blood vessels in a condition known as Raynaud's.

Beckett tweaks his back  -  Mar 8, 2008
Boston Globe,..."That's when he felt some spasm or some tightness in his low back. Subsequently to that, he threw another five pitches. At that, the spasm had gotten to the

Dollar jumps against euro as speculators bail  -  Mar 20, 2008
AFP..."These moves are brutal and acerbic in nature as the markets spasm from de-leveraging." In late New York trade, the dollar stood at 1.0081 Swiss francs,

With the state legislature, you get what you pay for  -  Mar 23, 2008
The Tennessean,Barely two years after a spasm of ethics legislation that cut off the sugar teat of lobbyist wining and dining, some lawmakers already are trying to loosen

Holy Week in Ireland  -  Mar 20, 2008
International Herald Tribune,The Irish "rising," less a strategic revolution against British rule than a theological spasm against despair, took its cue from the self-anointed rebel

War retreats to Utah's back burner  -  Mar 20, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,It was Wednesday night, on the hour that marked five years since the war in Iraq began in a violent spasm of shock and awe.

Mideast peace is within reach, for now, Palestinian negotiator says  -  Mar 20, 2008
Toronto Star,After a spasm of internecine bloodletting last June, Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip, while Fatah retains an unsure grip on power in the West Bank.

Can smokers live with non-smokers?  -  Mar 19, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,I have asthma and my lungs spasm when I get into the same elevator as someone who has just had a cigarette. Cigarette smoke is so offensive, even when its

Getting ready for yard work  -  Mar 22, 2008
BCLocalNews,Upon examination, their low back muscles are in spasm, the joints in the spine are stiff and inflamed, and sometimes the nerves are irritated enough to

Ipsen and Medicis announce submission of Reloxin(R) BLA in ...  -  Mar 16, 2008
InfoBolsa,Dysport(R) is a neuromuscular blocking toxin which acts to block acetylcholine release, hence reducing muscular spasm and was initially developed for the

In Israel, Family Details Attacks for McCain  -  Mar 19, 2008
Washington Post,McCain was not hurt but appeared rattled by the spasm of violence. A crush of people surrounded his group as they briefly touched the towering wall at the

Our braying, Godless land where Easter is another day at the bookies  -  Mar 22, 2008
Daily Mail,Many people are quite reasonably alarmed by the way of life embraced by the "family" of Shannon Matthews, and subsidised by you and me in a spasm of

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