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Repeated use in the same area links to weakening of tendons, cartilage, and surrounding tissue in some reports. Systemic corticosteroids, especially oral forms taken long-term, often increase appetite and promote fat storage, raising body weight. Extra body weight multiplies compressive forces on joints, spine, and soft tissues—roughly 4 pounds of additional load per pound gained in the lumbar spine during standing activities.\\n\\nRetatrutide targets a different layer: metabolic load from excess weight. The focus here stays on whether reducing that load through studied weight-loss pathways could offset one contributor to ongoing tissue stress when corticosteroids are part of the picture.\\n\\n## Why Retatrutide might help you\\n\\n1. What keeps failing: Excess body weight multiplies compressive load on spine, hips, knees, and plantar fascia.\\n2. 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