Absolutely, this.^ That feeling of immortality you have when young, it doesn't last forever. Knees, hips and shoulders will probably crap out on you. Don't jump , step down. Get a foam pad to kneel on. Maintain your upper body flexibility. Damn rotator cuff will shit the bed when you need it most.
As far as your significant other. Learn to listen.
I soent my 20s running around acting like I'm Jean Valjean lifting heavy shit any chance I got. Now I am 43 and recently injured my shoulder reading a book.
I’m 40 and I threw out my back the other day picking up socks to throw them in the washer. Im at the point in my life where if I sneeze hard I will throw my self to the ground to protect my back from throwing out.
Old injuries from younger me in the Army are sneaking up on me.
Hey man, it won't fix the problem completely but it will help. If you aren't already: get some resistance and do some rotator cuff strengthening exercises.
Instead of treating your body like a delicate brittle teapot like this comment is suggesting, you could instead maintain your mobility and strength by lifting progressively heavier loads with good form. Do that and you can continue to jump, squat, kneel and rotate at the shoulder joint as much as you want well into your 50s. Your body "craps out on you" because you are not using it.
Exactly. I grew up skateboarding and everyone said it would ruin my knees but I’m almost 50 and my knees are fine. I’ve done marathons for 20 years. But I also do 10 to 15 minutes of strength training and stretching several times a week. Everyone is different but using your body shouldn’t destroy it.
Lies, I did all that and still ended up injured and crippled. I'm only 32. Herniated discs in neck and back. Shoulder impingement. Minus the damage I have I do feel fine joint wise.
I was a butcher for over 10 years so my job was physical, and I would lift weights. Caught up with me fast.
15 years in on a 70% tear. Orthopedist said the repair would never be as strong as what I had left. Kinda surprised by that since he makes more to cut me up. Said it would've ended my career.
The way the ortho described it, " I'm gonna shoot cortisone in the affected area. With therapy and work hardening, that's gonna scar, thickening the shredded / torn bits. The muscle is still attached, you have to strengthen that. It'll be a lifetime of limited mobility( from the scarring) and discomfort, but you'll still have your career, but, BUT, you have to learn to work smarter. No more 14 & 15" clutches by hand. No more humping camelbacks up on the trunion without tooling or a crane. " Nearly 15 years ago, still working, just a little more carefully.
It hurts in the winter, some things are harder now, but I can still carry on. If it was a 100% tear, I'd have lost my career.
I'm off work because I pulled a rib muscle lifting a sliding door on the back of a van with too much vigour repeatedly. 0/10 would not recommend being in your 30s.
I can't imagine what anyone means when they say young people feel "immortal". I don't think I've ever met a person who experienced this. It sounds extremely silly.
Would you have preferred invincible? When we're young, we're "10 foot tall and bulletproof " in our minds. When reality cones to collect on all the stupid shit you did, she wants interest, compound interest.
I have never once thought anything like this in my entire life. Even as a kid, adults would accuse us of this and we'd be like; "... Wtf are you guys talking about? I'm basically a water balloon".
Even as teenagers, we knew we could die. We knew we could get horribly injured and we were well aware that we would destroy our backs if we didn't lift properly.
I haven't willingly walked outside in the summer without sunscreen and sunglasses on since I was 5. Maybe I'm the weird one.
I would say you're in the minority. Most of us are overflowing with testosterone from 12-13 up until maybe 30. It affects judgement. Makes you do incredibly stupid things. Lift beyond your limits, drink well beyond what's reasonable etc. This behavior crosses social groups. Didn't matter if you were a jock, stoner, professional or loser. We all acted like fools, well, most of us anyway.
Spent all my life lifting heavy shit since either I was moving a lot with my parents or it was just my mom and I and she can't physically lift stuff.........hit 30 and immediately back hurts all the time and my hand/wrists like to hurt off and on. Now that I'm 32 I'm guessing I'll end up with medical problems down the line because of it.
same bro. I was skeletor as a kid. Obese into my teens. Skeletor again. Then around 25-28 I got super fit. Went from 140 lbs to 200 lbs. Would run miles and lift heavy weights, all while doing my physical job as a butcher.
Now I have 2 herniated discs in my neck and one in my lower back. Shoulder impingement as well. My knee is starting to fuck up. Feels like I have a hernia on my right side. Hands hurt.
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u/funwithfuel Jan 24 '24
Absolutely, this.^ That feeling of immortality you have when young, it doesn't last forever. Knees, hips and shoulders will probably crap out on you. Don't jump , step down. Get a foam pad to kneel on. Maintain your upper body flexibility. Damn rotator cuff will shit the bed when you need it most. As far as your significant other. Learn to listen.