Its not age as much as your weight.
I can always tell when I’m gaining weight because my knees will start hurting.
Not just weight. It’s lack of exercise. I’m 41 and my knees and back are fine even after a stint in the army. Gotta keep using those muscles and joints if you want to use them when you’re older.
My knees and back were significantly damaged by the Army and I got out when I was 21.
Only 27 but I exercise daily and have had no issue except for my wrists which is a hereditary thing from my moms side.
One of previous jobs worked me so hard my leg hurts when a storm is coming. This happened in my early 20s
My knees are in this comment and they don’t like it.
I’m 23 and I’m already feeling it. Gotta stop sitting at a desk all day
Desk jobs are more prone to injury than manual labor jobs. Be active outside of work, especially stretching and calisthenics.
Gen X and Boomers looking at Millennials… “I wish my knees and back were in that good of shape.”
I hesitate to say this out loud, but mid-50s and nothing hurts yet, except the migraines I’ve gotten since teenage years.
Knees last if you take care of them. Back lasts if you take care of it and are lucky, and don’t get fat, and are lucky, and don’t work a physical job, and are lucky.
Stretch. Exercise. Don’t overeat.
The more active you are, the greater the likelihood that you’ll sustain serious injuries at some point. Those injuries go on to become chronic pain as you get older. I was very athletic and very active when I was younger, and I feel it now. I’m still active, and staying active helps those old injuries to hurt less, but they still always hurt.
You mean me doing karate 3 times a week which has given me a cracked rib, a herniated disc and countless of bruises and minor injuries might leave me with chronic pain? I don’t believe you!
Heh, coincidentally, many of my injuries are from Kung Fu. Many more are from riding dirt bikes, and the rest are from recklessness or just plain accidents. Surprisingly I have no lasting injuries from soccer, baseball, football, track, cross-country, rock climbing, or outdoorsmanship. I guess organized sports are a little safer than more extreme sports.
Don’t overeat should be first imo
