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.
as you pointed out the cervical spine is not built for tolerating a big axial load it's designed more to provide movement it's a it's a joint for great flexibility the lumbar spine for all the reasons you just explained is really designed around taking a large compressive load and it's in the process sacrificed the mobility we have in the neck
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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as you point out the cervical spine is not built for tolerating a big axial load it's designed more to provide movement it's a it's a joint for great flexibility the lumbar spine for all the reasons you just explained is really designed around taking a large compressive load and it's in the process sacrificed the mobility we have in the neck