This is what carrying excess weight does to your skeleton 🦴 Your spine, hips, knees, and ankles were engineered to support a certain load. When that load increases significantly, the math changes—and not in your favor. Here's what we see clinically: Spine: Increased pressure on intervertebral discs accelerates degeneration, herniations, and chronic low back pain. The lumbar spine bears the brunt of it. | Gordon Opiyo