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Parts start failing at 40
My back got so messed up after I turned 30.
But then I just bought a new bed and mattress and I’m good as new 😂 apparently my box spring and bed rails were just broken.
I haven’t noticed any of this yet. The only thing I notice so far about getting older is that there is no chance in hell I’m jumping down a flight of stairs.
A few weeks ago, I was going down some stairs at a train station. I’m one of those people who always climbs stairs two at a time, just can’t help myself. I saw this one fella going downstairs two at a time. I gaped at him like he was the master of my craft.
Omg this flooded me with memories of my brother and I competing for who could jump the most stairs. Simpler times
At 60 years old I’d get it but at 30? That’s worrisome.
A 20 year old wrote this
A 30 year old who took terrible care of themselves wrote this.
I hope you can see a doctor because that doesn’t sound good at all
Stop making me feel bad.
This resolution was such a copout
you think so? a little cheesy but i thought it went well with the theme. n was cool to reveal that ability
I’m way past 30 now. I’m no gym rat but do go a few times a month. This year is when I noticed that my ability to lift a heavy weight isn’t lack of muscle but instead strain on knees (and other joints). Its such an odd notion that I can feel my muscles extra unused capacity to lift, but I feel the risk of injury to the joint if I were to use that strength. I had never experienced that before this year. Before it was always the limits of my muscles. Not anymore.
Nobody told me this is how it goes when you get old. They say things like “my knees ‘gave out’ when I got old” but didn’t explain what that meant.
It’ll happen to you…
I absolutely love this reference, and I use it all the time. Hell, I’m a walking simpsons encyclopedia.
I’m 40 next year… So far, I’m lucky. I’ve gone from a extremely physically demanding job (hike through back country bush, dig to 120 cm when you get there) to sitting at a desk. Where I used to not even think about the gym, I now find myself in one 5 days a week, just for preventive measures. I’m never gonna be a freakbeast muscle man, but I’ll settle for not having a stroke at 60, like my dad did.
I felt that about many joints when I slacked off on working out for a few months in my 20s. I was still lifting enough to keep my muscles from too much atrophy, but my joints got… lazy? Dynamic motion and heavier weights suddenly felt (as suddenly as me taking exercise more serious again) like my joints were the limiting factor.
and then I overworked my arms and got something like tennis elbow and basically had to rehab myself back to being able to exercise, all without my muscles being the limiting factor!
Take care of your body, folks. You can go over 100% when you’re young, but your body makes you pay when you’re older!
Reminds me of the stories of the people who do crazy stuff on adrenalin rushes, like lift a car off their dying child, and then end up potentially hospitalized or otherwise extremely sore for months. I think I get it now…
Use them or lose them
Bend them or end them
Your body adapts to the stresses you put on it, folks.
To a degree. It will adapt only so far. If you give it more than it can handle on a regular basis you’re doing more harm than good.
I’m talking consistent effort over years or decades though. Thinking about how your bones are constantly renewing themselves and you have a completely new set every 5-10 years is the kind of consistency I mean. Of course this would be hindered by injury or over use before can adaptations occur. You need to give yourself recovery time no matter the fitness routine or athletic level.
What are you all doing to your knees?
Years of wakeboarding. I should’ve known, seeing all the knee braces on the older guys.
Idk but my knees are doing crack. I can hear them doing it every time I squat down to pick something up
Rad tech here: most people who have this phenomenon have arthritic knees from being fat. Internet disclaimer: I DIDN’T SAY ALL. But a huge number of people get to 30s or 40s and are overweight or have been for a significant part of their life and have worn out their knees at an early age. Then they come to get xrays with “idiopathic” knee pain.
I’m big into woodworking and routinely stress my joints (it’s all handtools). How bad is this?
From a technical perspective, what part gets “worn out” when you see the scans? Is it cartilage, ligaments, tendons, or something else?
As other people have said it’s somewhat all of the above, though the biggest and most visible on xray is the narrowing of the joint space from deterioration of the cartilage. This causes arthritis, and also calcification of the joint which is also all worsened with age and varying bone density which can change based on things like ancestry, gender, habits (drug use/smoking) or medical conditions.
Edit: I also forgot to mention that occupation can make a big difference here. Being overweight AND having a job that is strenuous on the knees (construction/manual labor/heavy lifting) is a bad combo which can lead to joint deterioration and premature joint replacement as well.
All of the above plus muscle atrophy that makes stuff like IT band issues feel like knee pain. I’m in phenomenal shape for a 40+ year old and I have to spend a significant amount of gym time doing yoga and correctional lifting instead of body building style lifting.
Not bending, that’s for sure!
Living on them
Yeah, but at 50 you become an antique, which means people want you just as beat up and scarred as you happen to be, but they’ll pay less for you depending on how much scarring and beating you have.
I can’t remember a time anymore where my knees would have pain out of no where.
I get sharp knee pain from time to time and it’s from a tight IT band. Stretching with a roller (the pain) makes it go away immediately. I’ve had it since I was a young person.
seems to just be age for me. I have been biking my whole life bit it was in my 30’s where when I do it especially a lot I would start to feel it. And yes I make sure my ride geometry does not allow for a deep knee bend. Anything really can set it off now and sometimes it just comes on its one. same with other aches and pains that have shown up over time. im not on the good side of 50 at this point though but it was in the thirties where the first things started showing up.
It’s funny because it’s true! And also, my knees hurt =(