The human body typically has around 206 bones—give or take, for extra or fused bones—360 joints, and approximately 600 muscles. Given those numbers, there’s always the potential for aches and pains somewhere in the body. Worse than the aches and pains is that we often compensate for them in ways that limit our functional independence and overall quality of life.
We often adopt different ways of moving that decrease the local pain but place us into maladaptive movement patterns that can eventually cause even more problems in different areas—which can lead to a saga of ills.
