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#128 – Irene Davis, Ph.D.: The evolution of the foot, running injuries, and minimalist shoes

The Peter Attia Drive

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How Did Our Ancestors Do Bio Mechanically?

i had a cousin who, in a diving accident, became a quadruplegic. When i watched the physical therapis work with him, i was really inspired. My interest in by mechanics actually came from the fact that my cousin and other people would quadruplesia,. have to move a hundred % of ther body with 25% of the muscle power. So you have to learn how to use your body in ways that we don't normally use it. And we have to understand mechanics. But does it make sense to talk about this through an evolutionary lens? Does it makesense to start from the standpoint of, what did our ancestors do bio mechanically? I don't know, several million

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