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Scottish Sun
6 days ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Ross McCausland ‘lined up for surprise Rangers reunion' at overseas club
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) RECENT news on Ross McCausland's potential departure from Rangers has been limited. Last month it was reported that three clubs were interested in signing the winger. Sign up for the Rangers newsletter Sign up 3 Ross McCausland is being linked with a move away from Rangers Credit: Willie Vass 3 The academy graduate fell out of favour at Ibrox at the end of last season Credit: Willie Vass 3 Russell Martin has welcomed plenty of new players but only Leon Balogun has left so far Credit: Willie Vass Those clubs were from countries as varied as Belgium, Switzerland the US. And a report claims that there is still interest in McCausland from the States, as well as a new team joining the race. The Northern Irishman featured 25 times in all competitions for Rangers last season, scoring three times. But the 22-year-old fell out of favour with Barry Ferguson, making just three appearances under the interim boss. The final straw appeared to be the academy graduate's first-half red card away to Aberdeen in April, which proved to be his final appearance of the season. So it's possible that Gers will look to move McCausland on this summer, providing they can attract interest in him. And the Daily Record claim that two Major League Soccer sides are sniffing around McCausland. Aris Limassol of Cyprus are also said to have 'major interest' in the Gers star, along with some English teams. A move to Aris would see the wideman reunite with two former Ibrox teammates. Last year's Cypriot runners-up signed Connor Goldson when he brought his six-year Rangers career to an end last summer. Rangers boss Russell Martin opens up on transfer plans as he delivers updates on Dessers and Igamane And they made another swoop for an Ibrox defender this summer, bringing in Leon Balogun on a free transfer. McCausland was snapped up by Gers from Linfield's youth setup in 2019. Have YOU got a point for Kris Boyd? Kris Boyd and Roger Hannah chew over the big talking points each week SOMETHING you've just got to get off your chest from the weekend action? A burning Scottish football talking point you can't wait to bring up with Kris Boyd and Roger Hannah? SunSport's GoBallistic show wants to hear from you! So why not help set the Scottish football agenda for the week ahead! Have your say on the game's big topics by emailing us on: GoBallistic@ It's YOUR turn to Go Ballistic! He made his first-team debut in the 21/22 season, and has made 66 appearances in total. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
Daily Record
6 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Record
Ross McCausland sees Rangers transfer exit options grow as chance to join two Ibrox old boys emerges
The 22-year-old is wanted by a European club while there is interest across the Big Pond Ross McCausland has major interest from Aris Limassol and Major League Soccer. The Rangers winger is wanted by the Cypriot side and two sides in America. The Northern Irish international has a number of growing loan options. Aris is keen on the 22-year-old. McCausland has been on their radar since he played and scored against them in the Europa League two years ago. The Cyprus side already has a strong Rangers connection, having signed Connor Goldson and then Leon Balogun when he left Ibrox in the summer. Limassol are keen to add to their wide options and McCausland is amongst their prime targets. There are also a couple of American sides who are looking into possible moves, along with interest from England. McCausland, who have five Northern Ireland caps, has been one of the biggest success stories from the Ibrox academy in recent seasons. Rangers signed him from Linfield's youth set-up in 2019. Since then he has gone on to make 66 first-team appearances, lifted the League Cup and scored a number of big goals in Europe, against Aris and Malmo. Follow Record Sport on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond. You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Rangers page, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season. We're also WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Rangers community here. Listen to Record Sport's newest podcast, Game On, every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks.
NBC News
10-07-2025
- Health
- NBC News
This influencer's videos show an active lifestyle. Offline, she's fighting for treatment for a painful condition.
A scroll through Aurora McCausland's wildly popular social media accounts — she has more than 300,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram — shows an active young mom dancing, cleaning and tackling major renovation projects in her Utah home. Behind the scenes, though, is a painful reality: McCausland has lipedema, a progressive and debilitating disease that causes fat in connective tissue to build up disproportionately, most often in the legs, ankles and hips. She said her legs throb with pain, swell unpredictably and feel heavy, like they're filled with cement. It's a major source of frustration for the mother of two young children. Standing up can cause her to black out. 'Things that I feel like I should be able to do cause pain pretty quickly, and then I kind of have to tap out,' said McCausland, 30, of West Valley City, Utah. 'Getting down to play with my kids is really hard.' She's tried to manage the pain with compression garments, lymphatic drainage and anti-inflammatory diets. 'Those are helpful at potentially slowing down the disease,' her physician, Dr. David Smart, said. 'But really, only surgery helps to reverse the disease process.' Smart is a dermatologic surgeon at the Roxbury Institute in Murray, Utah. He performs a specialized type of liposuction that removes the diseased tissue to restore mobility. The procedure is not cosmetic, and despite the buildup of fat, lipedema is not related to obesity. It's not caused by overeating or inactivity. It's a hormonally-driven inflammatory condition, one that's largely resistant to diet and exercise. 'It goes against the more traditional health dogma that's out there about normal fat,' Smart said. Lipedema is almost exclusively seen in women, but scientists don't have a good handle on how many are affected. Some estimates suggest it may affect up to 11% of women. 'There are no large-scale, population-based epidemiologic estimates. We don't have blood tests. We don't have imaging studies,' said Dr. Aaron Aday, co-director of vascular medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Denied relief Many women first notice symptoms of lipedema at puberty, and the disease often worsens during major hormonal shifts like pregnancy or menopause. McCausland said her symptoms first appeared during her early teens: leg pain, swelling and bruising from the slightest touch. 'I thought it was just growing pains,' she said. Fat built up around her ankles. No matter how physically active she was — dancing and CrossFit were two hobbies — she couldn't make the fat in her lower legs go away. Still, she was told it was just excess weight. 'That if I worked out more, ate less, it would go away,' she said. 'But no matter what I did, my legs just hurt more. I was doing everything right and getting worse.' If you are dealing with bills that seem to be out of line or a denial of coverage, care or repairs, whether for health, home or auto, please email us at Costofdenial@ McCausland's five sisters experienced similar symptoms. She said none knew what the problem was until one of the sisters got liposuction to slim down her lower legs. But lipedema fat isn't the same as typical fat. Instead of feeling soft, it can feel like hard nodules under the skin. Regular liposuction can be risky to use on lipedema patients. It took far longer than it should have for her sister's doctor to do the procedure, McCausland said. 'The doctor ended up giving her third-degree internal burns all on her legs, because he didn't know that it wasn't normal fat. He just kept going, having to go over and over and over trying to remove it,' she said. 'It was just this horrible thing that happened. Obviously the doctor had no idea that she had this condition, and neither did my sister.' Aday — who hasn't treated McCausland — said that a specialized type of liposuction, performed by a surgeon with extensive knowledge of lipedema, is the most effective way to treat the disorder. It can reverse symptoms in many people. Some patients, he said, may have to have the procedure repeated. The Roxbury Institute said that McCausland would need two liposuction surgeries, totaling more than $35,000. But her former insurance provider, Cigna Healthcare, denied coverage for the procedure twice. In an emailed statement, a Cigna representative said: 'Lipedema is a painful condition that disproportionately impacts women, and we cover a range of treatment options, including liposuction, for patients that meet evidence-based clinical criteria. Ms. McCausland's case was carefully reviewed by multiple doctors, including a plastic surgeon with expertise in lipedema. Based on the information submitted by her doctor, she did not meet the clinical criteria for liposuction at that time.' McCausland believes her coverage was denied because she didn't look sick enough, adding that she suspects it's based on her social media posts. They said 'that it's not medically necessary,' McCausland said. 'That's absurd. They're not looking at how I live. They're looking at a photo and deciding I don't look bad enough to be helped.' Cigna told NBC News that social media isn't considered when making coverage decisions. 'Our coverage decisions are based on the clinical information submitted by a patient's treating physician in accordance with coverage policies and the patient's plan design,' the representative said. Her health insurance has since switched to MotivHealth, because of her husband's new job. McCausland said MotivHealth has already suggested to her in a phone call that it's not a procedure it usually covers but she can submit additional documentation. A representative for the company did not respond to several requests for comment. A long under-recognized disease Lipedema is categorized in four stages, based on visual appearance. Stage 1 looks like minor fat accumulation and Stage 4 appears as severe leg disfigurement. Appearance, however, doesn't always match the severity of symptoms. 'You can have a Stage 1 patient that has very severe and crippling symptoms of pain and swelling, and somebody who is maybe more progressed visibly that doesn't have such severe symptoms,' Smart said. McCausland is a prime example. She doesn't look sick, according to some commenters on her social media videos. 'I've gotten a handful of people saying, 'Well, I've looked at your other videos, and I agree with your insurance company,'' she said. 'This is very likely the reason why lipedema has been so under-recognized for such a long time,' Smart said. 'So many people, so many insurance companies, so many physicians, have been telling lipedema patients for decades to just 'work out, eat better, lose weight,' when that's not actually the problem.' He said waiting until the condition progresses is dangerous. Without treatment, lipedema advances, causing more inflammation, worsening pain and permanent joint damage. The longer surgery is delayed, the harder it is to restore mobility in later stages. 'It's really unfortunate for Aurora, because at that early stage, it is less likely that she gets insurance coverage,' Smart said. 'They're not looking at the severity of her symptoms. They're not looking at the severity of her pain, the decrease in mobility, her lack of ability to be able to perform those daily activities of living.' Jonathan Kartt, chief executive officer of the Lipedema Foundation, said that the pain experienced by women with lipedema can be measured objectively. Using a tool to measure how patients perceive stimuli like temperature and touch, researchers in Germany found that women with lipedema had a lower pain threshold compared with other women. The pain was specific to areas affected by the disease. 'The differences were so stark,' Kartt said, that it's possible to use 'this test to actually diagnose or confirm a diagnosis of lipedema.' Aday, of Vanderbilt, is leading an effort to create a national biobank of information on lipedema patients. The team takes blood samples and urine, as well as fat and skin biopsies. 'It's meant to be a living research resource,' he said. 'We want other investigators to use these data, build upon it and generate new data.' There is also growing excitement in the lipedema field to see whether the blockbuster GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic and Wegovy, might be useful. The drugs are mainly used to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity, but have been shown to provide benefits for other diseases. Aday is working to secure funding for such a study.
South Wales Argus
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Chris McCausland and Alexander Armstrong visit Abergavenny pub
The Skirrid Mountain Inn is famous for being one of the oldest pubs in Wales and among the most haunted places in the world. The Abergavenny-based pub is described by visitors as "absolutely fantastic" and boasts a 4.2 (out of 5) rating on Tripadvisor from 410 reviews. The Skirrid Inn is so popular, it has even played host to several celebrities over the years, including the likes of Martin Clunes (Doc Martin). The Skirrid Inn plays host to Strictly and Pointless stars Now, the Skirrid Inn has welcomed Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland and Pointless host Alexander Armstrong. The pair were spotted at the pub on Sunday (June 29). The Skirrid Inn, posted a picture of Armstrong and McCausland with the staff on Facebook with the caption: "Lovely to have Alexander Armstrong & chris mccausland visit us today, true gentlemen (with a beer and walking boot emoji)." It appears Armstrong and McCausland were at the pub for the filming of the Channel 4 show Perfect Pub Walks. RECOMMENDED READING: The show is usually hosted by comedian and TV presenter Bill Bailey, although it is unclear whether or not he was also at the Skirrid Inn over the weekend. Another Facebook post from the pub, just hours before the picture of Armstrong and McCausland, said: "Please note that there may be some disruption in the beer garden today due to filming of Perfect Pub Walks, we are still open for food and drinks as normal. Thank you!" The Skirrid Mountain Inn has been contacted for comment.
Belfast Telegraph
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
World Cup winner's day at Rangers with old schoolmate a ‘dream come true'
In doing so, Broughshane man Rock reunited with winger Ross McCausland both of whom attended the same primary and secondary schools. Over the weekend, 24-year-old Rock teamed up with Gurney to create history with the pair beating Wales 10-9 in a dramatic Final in Frankfurt for Northern Ireland's first triumph in the World Cup of Darts. It was a sensational performance from the duo which has been lauded in their home country and beyond. Before Rock's heroics in Germany, he took part in a different sporting challenge prior to the 2024/25 football season finishing with leading darts manufacturer Target Darts and Rangers FC joining forces for a fun day. Testing their skills against passionate Rangers fan Rock, who also supports Ballymena United, and 2018 PDC World Champion Rob Cross were goalkeepers Jack Butland, Liam Kelly and Mason Munn plus McCausland and Bailey Rice. McCausland and Munn are, of course, from Northern Ireland with the former a senior international and the latter hoping to be in the future. All were involved in a nine-dart challenge, a 501 face-off with Team Rock defeating Team Cross and the footballers took on the darts players in a 'First to Three Bullseye v Crossbar showdown'. The twist was that Rock and Cross had to hit the bar and the Rangers aces had to hit the bullseye. Josh proved to be accurate with a ball as well, hitting the crossbar three times to win the challenge. 'It was a dream come true. I've been a Rangers fan all my life and obviously seeing Jack, Liam and all, what an experience,' said Rock. 'When I was standing outside the gates, I was shaking like a leaf because I've been a big fan all my life. It was great.' On McCausland, who is two years younger, the World Cup winner revealed: 'I'm very friendly with Ross. We went to the exact same primary school and exact same high school. Obviously I chose my path and he chose his path. It was good to see Ross again.' Rangers goalkeeper Butland said: 'I've known Josh for a long time and I met Rob a few years back as well. I've always liked my darts and to be able to do something like this especially with Josh being such a big Rangers fan it was a really good day.'
