The combination of positive stress on bone from aerobic and strength training leads to stronger, denser and more functional bone.

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They've offered bone-density scans, stress tests measuring oxygen consumption and the like, says Liponis.

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Deng had to pull out of the Eurobasket tournament, where his British teammates are competing in Bulgaria between September 7-20, due to a stress fracture to a bone in his leg, an injury that kept him out of action for much of last season.

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In 2005 and 2006, patients in McAllen received twenty per cent more abdominal ultrasounds, thirty per cent more bone-density studies, sixty per cent more stress tests with echocardiography, two hundred per cent more nerve-conduction studies to diagnose carpal-tunnel syndrome, and five hundred and fifty per cent more urine-flow studies to diagnose prostate troubles.

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You are also putting a little bit of stress on your bones which helps aid and maintain bone density.

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Movements and exercises that place stress on bones help to form additional calcium deposits and stimulate bone forming cells.

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That, combined with the constant pounding Ware endured through an entire season of basketball, may have created small stress fractures in the tibia and fibula bones in his lower leg, causing his bone to snap when he took a bad step.

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