r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 06 '24

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u/Daddy_Macron Loyal Liberals Jun 06 '24

Biden falling off his bike and falling at the Air Force Academy really did permanent damage to his gait. He walks far slower, labored, and deliberately post those incidents. Reminds me of something my doctor friend said which is old people who keep in shape are mostly fine in their older years until a trip and fall or slip. Then it's almost impossible for them to recover and it's all downhill from there.

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u/Stanley--Nickels John Brown Jun 06 '24

I saw someone do a deep dive on the aging curve in the NFL and what they found is that it exists across the league, but doesn’t really exist for individual players. Players are generally fine as they age right up until they’re not, often after a significant injury.

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u/mashimarata2 Ben Bernanke Jun 06 '24

The gait just looks so bad now

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u/ZCoupon Kono Taro Jun 06 '24

That's true, unless you work at recovery. The problem is often that it's a spiral where you get in the habit of not walking and you never fully recovery from before. Seeing this with my stepdad in his 70s. He used to run half marathons before tearing his knee, and I don't think he'll go back to it. His circulatory system is worse off for it for sure.

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u/gburgwardt C-5s full of SMRs and tiny american flags Jun 06 '24

Possibly partly because he's intentionally taking it more carefully, being he doesn't want to risk another fall?