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		jniedrauer on Jan 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Back pain is a problem which is badly treated It was probably a back strain/sprain. Before going through that, I expected that a deadlifting injury would be debilitating and would take months to heal from. The reality was... different. That's my point.

nitrogen on Jan 16, 2020 [–]

Someone I know hurt their back during a deadlift. They were out of commission for months until they had surgery to shave a disk.

So.. don't assume that your results are predictive of the results for everyone (typical mind fallacy/typical body fallacy?)

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