I have a theory. Everyone gets about 15 years of hard driving out of their body. So if you start seriously pushing for sports around the age of 12 and then take a physically intensive job you too can be told you’re too young for joint and back pain when you’re 27.
Sincerely, A child athlete and combat veteran who got told he was too young for knee pain at (checks notes) … 30.
Note - The VA eventually fell back on the argument they love best. While your knee problems were documented in the Army, they were not documented exactly the way we wanted. So because neither 20 year old you nor the 20 year old medic were psychic we’re going to deny this claim.
Wow, I didn’t realize the VA was run by United Health.
Oh United Health has nothing on the VA. The VA literally left veterans with cancer on a waiting list until they died. On purpose.
My wife closed a curtain and had backpain for 2 weeks as a result xD
I got a new job and ended up with backpain for the first 2 months until my body adjusted to it.
Brah, you just need to have a rock star attitude about being 27.
Just wait another 15 or 20 years…
Strength exercise helps, I recommend it
What about weakness exercise?
That one is a bit of an HR emotional abuse so idk, do it at your own peril. Also it won’t help your muscles or bones
Every time someone complains about things starting to hurt at age ____ is some unfit and or overweight dude. Strange.
Buddy, you try humping 175 pounds of gear in a combat zone on the daily and come tell us that again with a straight face. I knew 19 year old kids with back and knee pain.
That’s just most people though, isn’t it?
It’s a bit messed up that we humans have to exercise just to stay well-functioning, and I don’t blame people who don’t do that at all.
Then at 40:
“Oof… my hip is killing me…”
“What’d you do?”
“Got out of bed? My fault for laying down in the first place I guess.”
My lungs and throat have always hurt when sneezing. They are too powerful for the mortal body that contains them
This is why I want to become more machine than man.
I crave the certainty of steel.
27 is probably around where you’ll start to notice accelerating aging and muscular skeletal pain. Obviously it’ll just get worse as you age but 27 isn’t unreasonable to start noticing.
how do I prevent this? I have plenty of time before I hut this age. I already have back pain though.
Best thing is to hit the gym for resistance training and eatting healthy. But since you already have back pain go to the doctor first check if everything is ok and only then hit the gym. It will keep your bones and articulation healthy and strong.
alrighty then, im in a good path. thanks
When you’re 67, pain lingers for so long you forget its original cause.
…if you neglect yourself.
I’m 40 and don’t experience any of this because I’ve remained active and eat well. I only just got into whitewater kayaking as my latest hobby and I doubt I’d have noticed much more of an edge at 27. Even with climbing, I still compete and doubt I’d notice an edge unless I was at the level of a full professional.
I think the aches occur in neglected muscles and skeletons. They’ll come for us all one day, but 27? Not good.
That’s a very condescending and privileged take. You clearly are lucky with genetics. Most people are not. Not feeling at least somewhat limited at 40 is definitely an outlier case and not the norm. Acting like the average person will have your experience is just living in fairytale land.
That’s a very condescending and privileged take. You clearly are lucky with genetics.
Wow. What an opener.
Assumptions online generally end up with looking like a total fool. I’ll spare the backstory, but thanks for the lols
Your response reads as if it was written by a 7 year old. Please grow up.
And you’re so familiar with the online responses of 7-year olds because…?
(Someone call the cops)
This is heavily dependent on your genetics. It sounds like you’re pretty lucky in addition to taking care of yourself, congrats! I had to take a step back from dancing around 27, because I kept injuring my knees, even with sufficient training, musculature, and recovery time built in. It’s now been several years and I’m okay, but I simply cannot be as active as I want to be (tbf, I was dancing for 14 hours a week, but I had the time and energy for it. I still do, but my knees complain 🤷)
There is always that one asshole who says “Well I feel great at X age so clearly everyone else is unhealthy and not as good as me.” That opinion always infuriates me. What a fucking clown.
I’m pretty genetically unlucky. That’s why I’ve paid attention to my diet and staying active. It was something doctors told me quite early in the journey, and they were right. Taking care of oneself goes a very long way. Years and years.
A big part of it is listening to your body and pushing the limits without actually breaking it, so it gets higher. If your knees are hurting, stop. Take care of them. You’ve only got two and if you push them, they’ll die young while the rest of you has plenty more years to give but can’t now because some shit broke, so they decay too.
If you want to be more active, focus on your inactive parts for sake of the rest of the parts. They’ll tell you when to stop, and listen. But each time they’ll get a bit better than the last, or you’ll figure out a way to compensate for them.
It’s as simple as taking care of yourself as soon as possible. Otherwise, as time goes on, you only damage yourself either through negligence or apathy.
Don’t neglect yourself.
Try being 37. what was a simple half marathon in your 20s becomes a painful reminder of your physical decline.
Tbf my mom started running 13.1s at 45, get gud.
Not that I’ve run one ever, to be clear. Fuck all that pass me the bourbon.
If a sneeze hurts you at age 27, you need to hit the fucking gym, homie. 27 is prime age, god damn it.
I felt so much better when i was 30 than i did in my 20es. I’m pushing 40 and and i’d say i’m in better shape that i have ever been. The main difference is that i do have to stretch and when i fall when mountain biking or skateboarding i don’t feel like a rubber ball anymore.
Disabled people: 💀
I threw my back out at 27 bending over to tie my shoe. It’s a magical age.
