#9 - Physical limitations

You lift something that's actually too heavy. But you feel strong, you've been doing this for years. So you bend, you twist, and you don't even think about it, until your body suddenly says "no." Mateo saw it happen up close. A colleague wanted to loosen a thirty-kilo part "real quick," threw out his back, and ended up home for three weeks. Why do we take those risks, especially once we know the work inside out? And why does asking for help actually take more strength than doing it alone?

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