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“I became a lot more educated on this arthritis thing when I was diagnosed with it, but basically OA is a degenerative disease, which is definitely something that you're not going to be able to stop because it's going to be ongoing, but there are certain things you can do to slow down the progression.”

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Kristin Armstrong

Kristin Armstrong, born on August 11, 1973, is an outstanding Olympic cyclist. She has achieved numerous honors in the Olympics and World Championships, becoming a legend in women's road cycling. more

“The first day I was told that I had osteoarthritis, I thought it was the worst thing that could possibly happen to me; I was done. I couldn't do anything. I couldn't run so my life was over. But because I'm a competitive person, I wasn't going to let anything slow me down and I turned it around and made it a positive.”

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“Cycling is not impactful. Its just like when you are injured, have a knee surgery or something, there are so many things that you can still do, you just have to find that other passion that's out there.”

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“Because cycling is a repetitive front to back motion you never go side to side with your legs, the muscles and joints are really going to protect themselves when you have arthritis. So continually working on opening things up helps to alleviate pain.”

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“I'm still making my decision in the next few days on what path I'm going to take. What really makes me excited now is to continue to give back to the sport.”

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