His answer resonated with me. Having worked on cars, motorcycles, boats, boat lifts, and other things with parts that rub against each other repetitively, and with varying degrees of force -- I've seen lots of evidence that repetitive friction causes wear. Maybe not enough to wear thru, but enough that pressure from within, or other forces, can make them susceptible to earlier failure.
And with implants, its not just the device itself. There's also adjacent human tissue to consider. In other words, maybe the implant can take the extreme use, but maybe the human tissue supporting the implant wasn't designed for that extreme use ? Think about erosion and other issues guys have posted.
For the reasons above I'm not in the camp that says to throw all the extreme use at it you want and just assume everything will be ok. I have a sports car and sometimes enjoy running it hard. But I don't do that constantly for obvious reasons.
- Chuck
Chris1967 wrote:I asked him if I needed to be careful with the device, and he replied that this wasn't necessary. The devices are designed so that they can't normally be damaged by human force.
