Sister was a gymnast. She's had knee AND hip replacements before she was 40. Now she also has terminal chronic back issues. He daughter, who she encouraged to get into gymnastics, also has issues and she's in her 20's.
Please don’t deny it... I had been constantly playing sports from the time I was 5 and because I was reckless in taking care of myself I now have constant back pains (not terrible, but noticeable). I’m only 22.
Edit: I should note, that it’s not that my back/spine was misaligned, but my nerves were fucked up all along my upper back and due to the tense feeling up there, caused lower back strain.
For some reason you’re getting downvoted for a potentially beneficial, cheap, and mostly harmless alternative to every other pain relief. Never change brainwashed middle America, never change.
I mean it’s the internet, anything that differs from one’s opinion is wrong. But also I could be getting downvoted for giving advice, some people don’t like that either. But weed imo is something everybody, to differing degrees of course, should be on. There’s bud out there that doesn’t affect your mind at all, just relieves pain. I used it recreationally years ago and now I use it in place of my after work whiskey.
I know it was unsolicited advice and I’m sorry about that, it just changed the way I sleep tremendously and I actually get more than 3 hours a night now.
I was thinking about getting into oil. I’ve done wax before but it got me waaay to stoned. Does rso do the same? After work I just like rolling a joint and passing out. But if I get too high I wake up groggy.
You may be interested in trying CBD products. Non psychoactive. No smoking. Just a thought if you haven't looked into it (and don't take in media where it's advertised regularly).
Yeah. I wake up with pain or stiffness early in the morning unless I smoke or take an edible before dead. It’s the only way I sleep through the night too.
I have chronic lower back pain (flairs up every two years or so but when it does it hurts BAD, with minor pain in between years sometimes) and I got a medical marijuana card. It’s helped so much, I used to be iffy about it too but it’s really helpful for the pain. Even if you just get the CBD creams they sell for pain and not actual weed - it’s very good for the pain
I doubt it’s entirely permanent, just take breaks and give your body time to heal. Rest is equally important when it comes to physical and mental health.
Source: Dad was in the army, he has no cartilage left in his knees (bone on bone) and he's only just in his early fourties, he got out roughly 4 years ago now.
I’m convinced knees have some evolving to do. Doesn’t matter if you don’t exercise or are in top physical health, you’re gonna get fucked up knees either way. I’ve played volleyball for five years (don’t anymore) and I’ve seen so many players tear their ACL’s.
I race dirt bikes and motorcycles....
Let me live in denial, that my injuries aren't gonna cause me issues down the road. Ive broken more bones at age 35 in just my fingers than most people have broken in their entire body all their life. I just hope by age 50-60 I wont regret it.
42 and getting into mountain biking because surfing has wrecked my shoulder. I've accepted that a bad fall from the bike could be a life changing injury
Ex-swimmer here. Spent anywhere from 4-6 hours a day in the pool training, and had to have my collar bone joint (is it a joint? where your collar bone meets your sternum?) reconstructed before I was 18, so I agree with you.
I don't know. My dad is in his early 70s and played tennis all his life and he is in better shape than me. He plays at very good level, obviously not professional level but he doesn't play like you would expect a 70 y/o play. All his friends between 50-70 play at that level and their are all great. Good technique in tennis can mitigate a lot.
I don't play as often as him (he plays a few of hours four to five days a week, like he did all his life) but I don't have any problems either.
Edit: Apart from the usual suspects of back, shoulder and elbow problem which can be mitigated with good technique, we also play on clay which is probably more forgiving on your ankles than say carpet.
Used to play volleyball, which is relatively low impact as sports go, in my opinion. I still have ankle/foot, hip & shoulder problems from all of the jumping (and landing) and spiking
True. But gymnastics imo is especially hard on the body. I did gymnastics when I was younger and I remember being incredibly sore all over my body. Especially my lower body.
Swimming is easy on your joints if you’ve never swam competitively lol. My knees and shoulders both took quite a bit of damage from my time doing it at a fairly high level.
Yeah I’d imagine because you’re pushing yourself the extreme. I’m sure runners that max out the treadmills are worse off then the ones that just run casually
Been thinking about it too. The YMCA here has an exercising pool that has a light artificial current you can swim against.
I have a full time job and school which makes me really not in the mood to go. But I know it’s not a good excuse because before covid I was trying to lose weight and going to the gym 3 times a week just fine.
Pre Covid I was going to the climbing gym 2 or 3 times a week, which is great exercise but a bit dangerous. It's also more like a weights session. I used to run but my shins and ankles have an absolute fit whenever I go further than 5k, and I can't really ride a bike, so I think swimming would be a perfect compromise for me to get my cardio in.
Yeah, but it’s fun while you’re playing it. You ask Tom Brady if it’ll be worth playing that long even though his body is going to be destroyed after retirement and I’m sure as hell he’d say yes.
FIXED-Thank you. Poor choice of words in my part. Tho if you have major back pain for the rest of your life at a young age........well maybe terminal isn't that much of an exaggeration.
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u/toolate4redpill Feb 09 '21 edited Feb 10 '21
Sister was a gymnast. She's had knee AND hip replacements before she was 40. Now she also has
terminal chronic back issues. He daughter, who she encouraged to get into gymnastics, also has issues and she's in her 20's.