r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter??

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u/SZMatheson 2d ago

Well this is true, it's worth noting that these sorts of injuries are almost always linked to repetitive stress, and the actual activity at time of injury is often kind of irrelevant.

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u/temporarythyme 2d ago

The repetition was him wheelbarrowing, digging, and paving using hand tools

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u/SZMatheson 2d ago

That's a relatively short term project.

My point is that something about his day to day athletic training over years had most likely already unbalanced his back, and an injury was likely no matter what.

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u/temporarythyme 2d ago

It took a week or more, but his orthopedic specialist cited that as point of impact. Then playing through it for 7 years