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The gym eases my arthritis pain

Ruby James, 58, is an event planner from Bromley, London

‘When I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis (pain and stiffness of the joints) at 47, I thought I was too young to have it. But I was shocked to learn that over eight million people in the UK suffer from it – and it doesn’t just affect the elderly.

‘I first realised something was wrong when I started to feel twinges of pain in my left hip, which got so bad I could barely

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