• gamer@lemm.ee
    2·
    27 minutes ago

    Yall some sedentary motherfuckers if your knees already hurt at 30

  • onion_trial@europe.pub
    5·
    1 hour ago

    Start running, it will strengthen the muscles around your knees and protect them. It also brings a million other health benefits.

  • Bunbury@feddit.nlEnglish
    3·
    2 hours ago

    Currently in a waiting room because my knees stopped kneeing. And I’m younger than 35.

  • bricklove@midwest.socialEnglish
    15·
    9 hours ago

    Working my way gradually down to deep squats has been great for my knees. It doesn’t take much to get there and maintain. I just found times to hold a squat for a bit while watching TV or gardening. Also, the knees over toes guy has some good advice for keeping your joints healthy.

  • muusemuuse@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    12 hours ago

    I’m pushing 40 and my knees are just fine. My esophageal sphincter on the other hand is very angryface. Omeprazole helps but it’s very much thrown in the towel.

    Ugh, kill me.

    • rbamgnxl5@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 hours ago

      You should probably switch from omeprazole to famotidine. I used to be on omeprazole until my doc noted that there are indications of it be a carcinogen when used long term. Switching was a non-issue for me.

      Of course, I’m just some rando on the internet. You may want to seek some reliable info on the topic. Look for PPI vs H2 receptor antagonist.

      • muusemuuse@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        1 hour ago

        That doesn’t work for me. We tried using it first and switched to Omeprazole.

    • Takios@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      9 hours ago

      Same for me, sucks knowing that I have to take PPIs for pretty much the rest of my life or deal with constant heartburn and an increased cancer risk…

  • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
    761·
    17 hours ago

    OK I chuckled but real talk: knee trouble in your 30s isn’t normal and shouldn’t be treated as normal

    • excral@feddit.org
      3·
      1 hour ago

      Yeah, if your knees are fucked up at 30, you’re probably an athlete and injured your knees multiple times, or obese and overloaded them with too much weight.

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
        1·
        11 minutes ago

        Also it’s hard to really fuck up your knees irrecoverably. They can bounce back from a lot. Consistent use makes them stronger.

        There is an upper limit to the kind of weight they can sustain but (theoretically and with enough training to work up to it) that limit is pretty high. Even knees that have been abused long-term can often recover.

    • REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      I wonder if squatting while lifting weights (gym) is also a speedrun to bad knees, or whether that actually does improvements

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
        1·
        21 minutes ago

        Squats should strengthen your knees. Proper form will prevent excessive sheering force and risk of injury should be low with gradual weight increase.

        A common injury (usually just a discomfort, rarely injury) new lifters sometimes experience is patellar instability. It happens when there’s an imbalance in the strength of the muscles holding the patella in position — the patella is the bone covering the front of the joint. Usually the instability resolves within a few sessions as the muscles strengthen, but to prevent discomfort or injury you can wear a knee strap or brace. (The strap is just a velcro band with a plastic/rubber tube on the front. The brace is a full-coverage support that isolates the movement.)

        Regardless, absent severe injuries or joint-related diseases, a “bad knee” is only ever a temporary condition. There’s a common myth that knees can be used up, which is the opposite of how the knees (and most of your joints) work. Continuous use actually makes knees stronger, better lubricated, more resistant to injury, etc. It even speeds up recovery from injuries and prevents formation of scar tissue. This is why physical therapists use the active recovery techniques (that patients love so much ;). Knees wanna be used.

      • 13igTyme@lemmy.world
        1·
        49 minutes ago

        It 100% improves your knees. Even half squats or bad form will still strengthen your knees, it will just fuck up your back if you do it wrong.

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Could be seriously overweight. I know two 30-yo people who joke about old age hitting them hard but almost all of their issues is due to lifelong serious obesity. Not that they’re willing to accept that

        • 13igTyme@lemmy.world
          2·
          45 minutes ago

          One of my neighbors is an entire family of obesity. Mom and dad are both obese. The two high school boys are obese. A younger daughter that looks around 10 is obese. Only a 4ish year old boy is not obese, but he won’t be for long.

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
        11·
        4 hours ago

        Perhaps, but all that’s mentioned is age.

        I’ve heard knees-crap-out-after-30-amirite jokes since my early 20s. It’s a form of denial coalition-building favored by folks obviously avoiding important lifestyle changes, and it’s rarely harmless to affirm that kind of denial.

        In addition, unexplained joint pain is a symptom of a number of chronic illnesses that have better outcomes with early diagnosis and treatment, such as rheumatoid arthritis. If someone thinks it’s normal, they might not even ask about it until the pain and damage is life-altering.

        That’s why I say it shouldn’t be treated as normal.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      45·
      10 hours ago

      Isn’t normal? Maybe if you never injured them doing things. Knee problems are extremely common, human knees are poorly evolved and prone to injury just by being used.

      Backpacking, skiing, horse riding wrecked mine long ago. Now I just try to keep the surrounding muscles fit to hold all the loose shit together.

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pub
        1·
        3 hours ago

        The knees are remarkably hard-wearing joints, capable of a lifetime of sustained use. It’s a common myth that they have some finite mileage that can be “used up.”

        Overtraining can put them out of order temporarily, and yes some severe injuries can prevent full recovery, but knees can bounce back from almost anything with rest and continued use, even in old age.

        It’s true that knee problems are common today, moreso than ever before. But the increased prevalence tracks closely with the rise of sedentary lifestyles (i.e., infrequent use) and excess weight (i.e., transient overload).

        The good news is that knees can recover from this too! The tried and true strategy is just regular use that starts small and gradually increases over time. For example, regular low-intensity walking and cycling (especially alternating both) has been shown to quickly increase knee strength and reduce knee pain significantly.

        As to how quickly you can progress, your knees will tell you. Discomfort is usually OK, but pain means you’re pushing too hard. Sharp pain means stop immediately, rest, and take it easier next time. Feel free to DM me if you want someone to train with.

      • Raltoid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        9 hours ago

        Isn’t normal? Maybe if you never injured them doing things.

        Thanks for confirming that it isn’t normal. Most people who are 30 have not injured their knees to the point of issues.

  • ramenshaman@lemmy.world
    14·
    16 hours ago

    37 here, my knees are great. Sprained my ankle back for the very first time back in November in my kickboxing class and I’m starting to fear I’ve done permanent damage.

          • gamer@lemm.ee
            1·
            26 minutes ago

            Damage from being kicked is far less damaging than damage from a sedentary lifestyle

            • porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml
              1·
              13 minutes ago

              maybe, if you get kicked in the head a couple times it’s potentially far worse, and in all cases it’s far greater than most other kinds of exercise. do kickboxing if you want to, I’m not trying to knock anyone’s interest, and life is too short to avoid things you love for fear of injury, but if it’s actually about health you wanna do low impact cardio and careful, controlled resistance training

  • qwestjest78@lemmy.ca
    34·
    19 hours ago

    I’m 30 and my body feels better than when I was 20. Looking after myself alot better now.

    • Nangijala
      4·
      16 hours ago

      Same. It satisfies my craving for popping bubble plast. More environmentally friendly too. Win/win.

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
      6·
      16 hours ago

      I think the issue is that if you had injuries at younger age, those injuries become inflamed again as you become older. There are athletes who said their injuries become inflamed again when they hit 30’s. There are also soldiers who passed away after their old wounds became a problem again at old age. The body just can’t keep up repairing itself anymore.

      However, old injuries isn’t just the only explanation. If one have hardly been sporty or did labour intensive jobs at younger age and feeling pain on the knees, it could be genetics. If not, then it is something entirely within the person’s control: overweight. I have friends who gained weight tremendously over the years even though we are only in our early 30’s. One of my friends could hardly walk for long at a pretty short distance. I reckon it is because they work from home and don’t do any exercise (some of them became too jaded and insecure over the years to go to gym), while I and my other friend work on-site so we have more physically demanding jobs and we still do exercise.

      • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
        2·
        4 hours ago

        I’m a remote worker and it’s true you need to make time for physical activity every day or you’ll start to feel badly quite quickly.

        The good news is you’ve hypotheticaly got more time in the day to do that. Like I can can can lift some weights and go jogging in the time I used to spend coming and going to work.

      • SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org
        1·
        10 hours ago

        I think bones also scale up if you are overweight at a young age. My knee bone is almost twice the size of my buddy’s despite being close to the same height. I bet if he’d weigh the same as me those knees would be in trouble. Mine are doing fine tho.