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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/ChocodiIe on 2023-08-18 03:07:43+00:00.

In the modern age you hear about all these surgeries and fears of being crippled by your 40s and whatnot. It must have been so much worse in the past with so much more manual labor involved whether its construction, farming, and war, and little to repair the body from the damages.