#25 – What absorbs impact? Is it your cartilage? Your bones?
Feb 22, 2016•15 min
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Episode description
In today’s episode, Matt discusses the prevailing ideas of how our bodies absorb impact and how these ideas affect the decisions we make. Doctors often warn us that "impact" from activities like running and jumping wear out our joints. But does this really make sense?
Article: Muscle as a molecular machine for protecting joints and bones by absorbing mechanical impacts
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