Trauma and Microtrauma

There are two types of physical injury – trauma and microtrauma. Trauma is usually sudden, frequently violent, and is often, but not always, felt immediately. Microtrauma is typically slower, smaller, incremental over time, and can be barely noticeable until it becomes more advanced. 

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Microtrauma can be thought of similarly to tire wear on your car. It is not possible to observe the effects of tire wear even after driving for several hours. But after thousands of miles the wear becomes obvious. If the tires or alignment are out of balance, the tires are likely to wear out faster and unevenly. 

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A primary underlying cause of physical deterioration, the loss of stabilization, is due to the consequences of both trauma and microtrauma. These factors tend to challenge the ability of the structures of our body to hold their place.

 

If a body component can’t effectively hold its place, it represents a vulnerability to both potential injury and degeneration. The process of living with ongoing vulnerability tends to lead to increasing adaptation and therefore to further vulnerability. 

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The varieties of each person's circumstances are complex, but the underlying principles are simple and logical. Adaptation is typically short-term "thinking." Short-term thinking and long-term thinking are often at odds with one another. The organism prioritizes short-term thinking because the organism exists only in the moment.   

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Probably the most common source of microtrauma is the impact shock of walking and running.

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Shock absorption   

A primary factor that affects us all is the absorption of impact and the torsion that accompanies both injury and daily life. Effective shock absorption is actually shock dispersion.

 

A common goal of mechanical engineering is to reflect any force that comes into a structure out of the structure. Secondly, that any remaining force that must be absorbed be dispersed evenly throughout the structure without a focal point.  The focal absorption of impact at one spot in any structure, living or non-living, usually leads to material deterioration.

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