The characteristic sound arises on movement in the joints and in the spine, when your joint cartilage thins and the friction between the bone surfaces increases. What has the spine got to do with it? – It is joints too (not only nerves, discs, vessels, ligaments and muscles). It is a very large number of small joints taking in all the segments: 7 cervical, 12 thoracic and 5 lumbar + the sacrum and the coccyx.
Pain and physical discomfort linked to work are not confined to hauling heavy loads and heavy labour. It is not only builders and removal men who suffer from them, but also people who spend their working hours at a computer or in an office. Studies prove that a forced posture, repetitive movements and poor posture cause or aggravate disorders of the musculoskeletal system (the spine and the joints).
How often we hear those words wished on a couple at their wedding: live in trust, in closeness, in love.
Mikhail Labkovsky is a heavily promoted psychologist on social media. To me he is a charismatic figure — you can love him or hate him, but you cannot be indifferent. People like Mikhail teach others how to live. But how do they speak about themselves?
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