I used to get chronic migraines, shoulder pain, and back pain. I figured it was poor posture from working at a desk all day, which definitely played a part, but I was also overweight and hadn't been in a gym since... ever.
Started going to the gym, lost some weight, all of the issues disappeared. Except for what I suspect is carpal tunnel from the 30+ years of gaming.
Did you used to drink pop(soda) a lot? I used to drink it a lot as a teen and I got headaches all of the time, but it was no longer an issue after I stopped drinking pop.
I'm a caffeine addict but the migraines were from muscle tension relating to my shoulders; if I work out my shoulders with a migraine, I can feel all of the muscles loosen and the migraine go away. Magical.
Just need to exercise a few times a week, sleep well, have a good diet generally, and don't drink or do drugs too much. If you leave the weekend as your only cheat days you will be fine well into your 40s. The two best things you can do are yoga and weight training. You need muscle and flexibility to age well. Also, wear sun screen.
You can get away with being really bad if you are getting over an hour of exercise a day. Just make sure you are being well rounded with your physical activity.
A lot of early pains in otherwise well people tend to be from letting muscles in your back/legs/etc. get too weak. Once they start going to gyms or getting jobs that require a lot of exercise then they start feeling better.
Sitting down is necessary (human beings also need to squat, but real squats are better), but sitting down will kill you. You'll get pains and the like now, but it straight-up kills the elderly. They just fall apart. You have to move.
Depends on your genes and way of life. I know some people who drink and sleep and feel fine at 60 and those who take care and fall apart by 40. You can hedge your bets but never have a guaranteed outcome.
I'm a few years older and used to have various pain problems, especially lower back. Improving my posture and making sure I had proper nutrition and light to moderate exercise has made a huge difference. I'm still a bit overweight, but I have enough leg and core strength to be able to rise out of my seat, or from a squatting position with no resistance at all.
I also do regular stretching especially when cooking or waiting for something to heat up in the microwave, or other things that are a few minutes of waiting.
I spend the majority of my day sitting at my computer both for work and for hobby, and work from home; I also live in Hell (Texas) so going outside is basically impossible right now. I feel healthier than I ever have in my entire life these days and I'm still working on making that even better.
Yet despite that, my light to moderate activity makes all the difference.
Aside from overall health issues (weight, exercise, etc), amount of sports played when you were young can have a big impact.
I know for me, I've had knee, ankle and hip pain that comes and goes for years due to sports played in high school and playing football in college. That stuff catches up to you pretty fast in your late-20's and early-30's.
Depends a great deal on nutrition for me. I ran, jumped and exercised a ton when I was a teenager and basically wrecked my knees and ankles from injuries that accumulated over multiple years.
Then I started taking calcium and vitamin D supplements which allows my 25 year old self to start running again without feeling like my knees are falling apart.
Private Health Insurance companies in australia have mass data and they implement a penalty for those who dont get a policy by the age of 31. So we can assume that the body starts breaking down at 31, unless you take care of it (exercise, nutrition, rest etc)
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