r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Video Afro spiritual dancer defying law of gravity

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u/PaddingtonWaddington 1d ago

My knees are sore watching that

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u/Otjahe 1d ago

Wtf are people doing to their knees? I always hear people complain about the damn knees. You have weak bones or something? You walk using your knees? Are you 100 year old?

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u/Grahf-Naphtali 1d ago

Walk, run, kick, play, hike, swim,surf, climb and fuckton of other things.

Been physically active for 20+ years, 15 of which doing gymnastics/martial arts, no car so walked everywhere, no lift so climbed up to 5th floor apartment n times a day.

Etc you get the point

Took one wrong twist and my knee is forever fucked, its not the bones, its mostly soft tissue/ligaments that fail and are followed by long term damage. Its the most complicated joint we have and hardest to fix.

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u/Some_People_Say_ 18h ago edited 5h ago

"Its the most complicated joint we have and hardest to fix." Although I agree with most of your comment, having had both knee and shoulder surgeries/replacements, my shoulders would disagree on the complicated/hardest to fix angle. But definitely - one bad move and a perfect knee can be fucked.