Diego was seriously out of shape the day he joined his friends for a game of touch football. While he was running pell-mell for the ball, his left calf began to hurt. He went to the clinic the next day and was told he had a strain. Diego insisted that this must be wrong, because his joints did not hurt. Clearly, Diego was confusing a strain with a sprain. Explain the difference.

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The difference between a sprain and a strain is that a sprain injures the bands of tissue that connect two bones together, while a strain involves an injury to a muscle or to the band of tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone.

surface mining destroys mountain tops, landscapes, forests and wildlife habitats. on top of that, it leads to soil erosion and destruction of agricultural land. the landscape changes can also disrupt river channels and streams, which leads to flooding. which, can destroy plant life and other animals as well.

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