weight-bearing
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adjective
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“For the average person, it’s just lifestyle modifications. Some weight-bearing exercises, some strength training.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
While she will need to offload the tibia a little bit, Bronze should be able to continue with work in the gym and the pool, and that weight-bearing can help the healing.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2025
While gyms and fitness studios closed during early stay-at-home orders, many slow-motion strength training studios remained open because they offered an essential rehabilitative service: weight-bearing physical therapy for pain management, osteoporosis and other conditions.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
To bolster weight-bearing capacity, many researchers have attempted to thicken their paper-thin designs in varying spots.
From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024
This unequal period of weight-bearing upon the front legs, for instance, causes an acceleration in the advancement of the sound member, in order to relieve the diseased one which is bearing weight.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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