What if your pain isn't a sign that something is broken - but a signal that your body has been carrying more than it was designed to handle?
In You're Not Broken: Just Working on an Overworked Frame, Scott R. Buford offers a clear, reassuring, and patient-focused explanation of musculoskeletal pain through an orthopedic lens. This book speaks directly to people who live with persistent aches, recurring injuries, stiffness, or unexplained discomfort - and who have quietly begun to wonder if something is "wrong" with them.
Using plain language and real-world examples, Buford explains how bones, joints, muscles, and tendons respond to repetitive load, stress, posture, and everyday demands. Pain, in many cases, is not failure. It is feedback. An overworked frame does what it can to adapt, until it can no longer keep up.
Rather than fear-driven diagnoses or quick fixes, this book helps patients understand: