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Orthopedic spine surgeon gives advice on avoiding workout injuries

Those fitness resolutions will do you no good if they lead you to visit the likes of Hooman Melamed. As an orthopedic spine surgeon, Melamed sees the downside of efforts to get strong and fit. Exercising the wrong way can put a person out of commission for a long time, he says.

Orthopedic surgeon Hooman Melamed demonstrates crunches using a ball at Spectrum in Santa Monica, Calif., on December 17, 2013. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times/MCT)
Orthopedic surgeon Hooman Melamed demonstrates crunches using a ball at Spectrum in Santa Monica, Calif., on December 17, 2013. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times/MCT)Read more
    by By Mary Macvean, Los Angeles Times, McClatchy-Tribune
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