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Mechanostat - Wikipedia
The mechanostat theorem is a refinement of Wolfs law. This picture sums it up quite well.
Showing that small strain on the bone actually leads to bone loss !! This would support hard smashing, where you literally try to smash your bones very close to complete fracture, as this kind of overload leads to the biggest gain.
Basically, the more a bone bends as a result of applied force, the bigger the strain.
Tennis players have been found to have 30percent more bone mass in their racket holding forearm compared to their other arm. Which makes sense according to this theory, as the forearm is bending under the impact when the racket hits the tennis ball.
Considering the results of these tennis players, it might make sense to replicate this kind of strain. (high force impact of very short duration with a resting time of 2-60 seconds between the impacts, total duration of maybe half an hour to 5 hours every day for most days a week (assuming professional tennis players))
Now gymnasts on the other hand are also known to have abnormally thick wrists. I'm not sure for which exercises exactly the maximum strain occurs (where their forearm bones are bending the most), but it is clear that it is a strain very different from hitting yourself with a hammer with low intensity for 5min a day (which is the state of the art bonesmashing technique currently jfl)
A problem with bonesmashing might be also that Wolfs law does not apply to the skull. The forces experienced daily on the skull are much smaller than typical forces on tibia and femur for example. Yet some people have large skulls with big browridges, big zyggos etc. However the law might still be valid for the skull too, just that genetics does play a bigger role here and that the strain needed to expereince bone gain is a lot smaller (hopefully this is the case)
However even if this is the case (that wolfs law does indeed also apply to the skull), then how would one achieve similar strains as tennis players and gymnasts expererience? The browridge can not just "bend" like the tibia, radius or ulna. And if the force cannot be applied perpendicular to make the bone "bend", then one has to use a lot higher forces (=> brain damage potentially).
So even if one finds a way to effectively increase an area of bone that is not in the skull, lets say the wrists. The technique used might not be transferable to facial bones and even if, it isnt clear if it will work for facial bones, as wolfs law might not apply to the skull. (I personally think it does apply to the skull, just that the strain potentially has to be of a different nature)
Also maybe changes in bone might only be possible before growth plates fuse. However the enlargement after puberty for hand, feet and skullsize of people with acromegaly seems to contradict that (high levels of growth hormone in people with fused growth plates)
I would be glad to discuss this interesting topic with everyone, especially doctors and people who studied medicine.
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