Hi girls! There are some amazing articles with gerunds from Vlados.

1. Lower Back Ache? Be Active and Wait It Out, New Guidelines Say https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/health/lower-back-pain-surgery-guidelines.html?contentCollection=weekendreads&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=c-column-middle-span-region&region=c-column-middle-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-middle-span-region

1.  In making the new recommendations for the treatment of most people with lower back pain, the group is bucking what many doctors do and changing its previous guidelines, which called for medication as first-line therapy.( making – gerund NPA; bucking – gerund NPA; changing – gerund NPA)
2. The recommendations come as the United States is struggling with an epidemic of opioid addiction…
(struggling – gerund NPA).
3. In recent years, a number of states have enacted measures aimed at curbing prescription painkillers.( curbing – gerund NPA).
4. The new guidelines said that doctors should avoid prescribing opioid painkillers for relief of back pain…(prescribing – gerund NPA).
5. She ended up getting anti-inflammatory medication and doing physical therapy. A few months later, her back stopped hurting. (getting – gerund NPA; hurting – gerund NPA).
6. Many people with chronic back pain tend to shut down, avoiding their usual activities, afraid of making things worse… (avoiding – gerund NPA; making – gerund NPA).
7. Helping them is not a matter of prescribing drugs but rather teaching them to set goals and work toward returning to an active life, even if they still have pain.( helping – gerund as the subject NPA; prescribing – gerund as the subject NPA; returning – gerund as the subject NPA).

2. California, Parched for 5 Years, Is Now Battered by Waterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/18/us/california-storms.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
By THOMAS FULLERFEB. 18, 2017

1. The frequent winter storms are taking a toll on other parts of the state’s infrastructure, with landslides closing a number of roads. (taking – gerund NPA).
2. In a sign of the abundance of water, Southern California is no longer drawing from the Colorado River… (drawing – gerund NPA).
3. On Friday, as the storm was pushing through Southern California, the snowpack in the Sierra over all was 174 percent of normal… (pushing – gerund NPA)

3. Legacy of Rio Olympics So Far 

Is Series of Unkept Promiseshttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/15/sports/olympics/rio-stadiums-summer-games.html?contentCollection=weekendreads&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=c-column-middle-span-region&region=c-column-middle-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-middle-span-region

1.  Rio, however, is experiencing something exceptional: Less than six months after the Summer Games ended, the host city’s Olympic legacy is decaying rapidly.( experiencing – gerund NPA; decaying – gerund NPA).

2.  The arena that hosted taekwondo and fencing was to be transformed into a school. ( fencing – gerund as the subject NPA).
3. The decay of Olympic sites is happening as a financial crisis engulfs federal, state and municipal governments. ( happening – gerund NPA).
4.  “Spending is prohibited… ( spending – gerund as the subject NPA).
5.  … “the path to implementing a legacy has been given.”( implementing – gerund as the subject NPA).
6.  … to bid on administering the Olympic Park, but there were no bidders. ( administrating – gerund as the subject NPA).
7.  … the company is in the process of striking a deal with Rio’s city government to sell them to civil servants. ( striking – gerund NPA)