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Old 09-17-2015, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by nickolai View Post
Its not really a muscle as such,
Right, that's what the article says too, what I really meant was that it's not a vital organ such as liver or pancreas for example: when it's badly damaged, not much can be done about it. Whereas vocal cords can be "fixed up", there's no prosthesis but surgery and/or a better diet/lifestyle can solve the problem, it's not an irreversible one.

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Plenty of examples of this like lungs, teeth, the spine, lower back muscles, knee.
Wrong. Lower back muscles are like any other muscle in the body: you need to avoid movements that cause injury and practice exercises that strengthen them to avoid pain. Teeth and kneecaps can be replaced by prostheses and you're 20 again!
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