(Ex. A man died from slipping on a banana peel while another man survived a fall of an 8 story building)
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Well it really depends on the situation and individual honestly. The man who slipped on a banana probably hit his head in just the right place, while the guy who survived the 8 story fall probably landed in just the right way so his legs and back absorbed most of the force. These are more fringe cases but the body can be really fragile in some instances. A really good example of this is when you see a really big body builder or power lifter tear or pull a muscle just doing something trivial like throwing a ball or picking up boxes. That happens when the body isn’t used to a movement pattern, the body doesn’t really know how to properly activate the right muscles. This happens a lot to sedentary people too for the same reasons, they aren’t used to physical activity so it’s easy for them to injure themselves. Overall the body can do some crazy stuff if you teach it what to do.
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