Over-reliance on an uninjured limb after unilateral injury can lead to asymmetry in the injured limb's pathways. — Whalespan
Over-reliance on an uninjured limb after unilateral injury can lead to asymmetry in the injured limb's pathways.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“if I lean too hard on my right limb and I take all the work out of the left limb, the left ankle, that's actually setting up a situation where there's going to be runaway asymmetry in the central pathways and the nerve-to-muscle pathways on my left side”