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Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We blame it for a number of diseases. We try to eat foods that fight it. We take medication to tamp down the pain it causes.

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Some guys can dislocate a finger and be out for six weeks. I think it's just something within your body that some guys have a good pain threshold, and some don't." ...