nothing you don't already know from experience (unfortunately) but good article.
Add in knees that don’t fully flex or extend, or hips, or spine, or any joint for that matter, and you’ve got a recipe for trouble down the road. Especially when your training asks you to regularly deal with supra-maximal loads and forces, which is what occurs when we’re lifting the heavy things we love to lift.
The result of all this is something called “accumulated micro trauma” and, like gravity, you don’t have to believe in it for it to affect you. What’s accumulated microtrauma? It’s small micro-tears to muscles and connective tissues that build up over time. Think of it this way: you can’t snap a credit card, but if you bend it over and over, eventually it will come apart. That’s accumulated microtrauma.
I've had prevention on the mind a lot lately after a couple of injuries (that are healing fast, but in 20/20 hindsight, I should've been able to see some signs of "micro trauma" and weakness; pretty sure I was overdoing things for a bit). Compared to the general population I'm probably in good shape. Compared to serious MA and fitness hobbyists, I'm probably in really meh shape. It's getting harder to get fit now, but going S-L-O-W seems so incredibly key.
