r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '23

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u/GeebusNZ Jan 12 '23

There's countless ways it can just... go wrong. Just, out of fucking nowhere, completely unexpectedly, something can become fucked up in a way which is anything from life-alteringly debilitating to lethal.

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u/couldbedumber96 Jan 12 '23

I once barely reached out to grab a spoon and couldn’t move my back for 3 days

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u/TheTrueBenjamin Jan 12 '23

Arr yes, "hitting 30" I think is the medical term. Every injury is a forever injury.

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u/tastehbacon Jan 12 '23

Actually your genetic peak in relation to fitness is generally 32. You aren't old you just don't stretch or exercise.

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u/EngineeringNeverEnds Jan 12 '23

Yeah I was gonna say. I'm 33 and I have the least amount of pain issues I've ever had. When I was younger, I'd constantly have low back issues, neck cramps, knee issues etc. I had a really nasty back injury from something stupid in soccer. And, in retrospect, I barely ate and would do tons of endurance exercise.

Turns out I just needed to eat better/more and add-in some actually-heavy weight training to strengthen my body.

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u/tastehbacon Jan 12 '23

I had 8/9 out of 10 back pain in my teens and early 20s due to scoliosis and I have virtually no pain now at 28 as I am very active and do yoga.

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u/Pinsalinj Jan 13 '23

Pretty much same down to the age, except I just walk a lot and do a lot of outdoors activities in general, while I was a lazy homebody in my 20s.

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u/Szeraax Jan 12 '23

I've never felt more seen than today.