• ethaver@kbin.earthM
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    5 days ago

    yeah my mastectomy is on the books as alleviating back pain. and like. it did do that!

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        4 days ago

        Lol that reminds me, my AP physics teacher remarked something like “I know it sounds cruel, but have pregnant women carry a backpack. It moves their center of gravity back to the middle of them and they can walk upright again. It’s what I did for my two kids”

        Slightly related, she was a really good physics teacher.

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          4 days ago

          Oooohhh - that’s a new take! I thought the back pain was due to having to carry extra weight and muscles not being trained for it. I never considered that the position of the weight might be a problem!

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            4 days ago

            (Note, I can’t get pregnant)

            I don’t know if back pain is caused by the offset of their center of gravity or if its caused from the extra load. I only know she said to do that as a way to stand upright again