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You Cannot Save Your Joints By Using Them Less

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There is a belief that shapes an enormous number of decisions, and almost nobody questions it.

That your joints have a fixed mileage.

That cartilage is like tire tread, that you are born with a certain amount, and that every hike, every run and every flight of stairs uses a little more of it. So the sensible thing, especially as you get older, is to go easy. Protect them. Save what you have left.

It is intuitive, it is widespread, and the evidence points firmly the other way.

The Joint Supplement Aisle, Honestly

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Walk into any pharmacy in Pocatello and there is a shelf dedicated to your joints.

Glucosamine. Chondroitin. Collagen. Turmeric. Fish oil. Combination products with proprietary blends and confident packaging. Somebody is spending a lot of money there every month, and a good proportion of that somebody is over fifty with a sore knee.

We are a physical therapy clinic, not a supplement retailer, which puts us in an unusually good position to be straightforward about this.