This may involve surgical repair of the muscle, and recuperative time may be up to 3-4 months.

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The recuperative power of these infants was a wonder to behold.

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History shows that the deeper the recession, the sharper the recovery, and Mr. Obama was poised to take credit for the economy's natural recuperative powers.

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It is particularly associated with a dependence upon sexual activity, our most basic animal instinct, hence the reduction in the sex-drive and a return to a childlike, innocent self-awareness during recuperative states.

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Yet new research suggests that many are not enjoying the full recuperative benefits of a fortnight in the sunshine, while some find it the busiest and most stressful time of their working year.

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When power is being consumed, its pointer rises in a clockwise direction from the green to the red area, and drops back below the zero line when the vehicle is feeding recuperative energy back into the battery.

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Staying alive meant having the things around me that gave me support - my wife, my kids, my friends, my faith, but the music, man, I cannot tell you how recuperative the power of music is, for me.

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"Even if you're just sitting in a chair, there are things you can do to change the pace of the day in a way that's recuperative and uplifting, " says Karen Bradley, a visiting associate professor of dance at the University of Maryland.

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