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On a slight tangent and more of an open question to the more mature posters here. Knee pain - is this just what happens when you start getting on? I'm 33 now, I was really fat as a kid and a teen which certainly didn't help matters but I'm pretty slim these days and plenty active. If I sit down for more than a few minutes with my knees bent at any sort of angle (riding a motorcycle is a good example and one of the many reasons I got shot of my old Triumph Sprint ), when I come to move my legs again, my knees have gone stiff and hurt like green curse word to get going again. Is this just what happens? stuff just stops working... just wait till you get to 50!! back to knees... when i was younger than you i had a bout of unexpected knee pain which ended up with me on high dose anti inflamitories for 6 months. at that point i started taking suppliments (glucosomine and cod liver oil) and have avoided any serious flare up again. they occasionally get stiff and noisy if i spend too long kneeling doing a job but nothing too bad.
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'80 s1 924 turbo..hibernating '80 golf gli cabriolet...doing impression of a skip '97 pug 106 commuter...continuing cheapness making me smile!
firm believer in the k.i.s.s and f.i.s.h principles.
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On a slight tangent and more of an open question to the more mature posters here. Knee pain - is this just what happens when you start getting on? I'm 33 now, I was really fat as a kid and a teen which certainly didn't help matters but I'm pretty slim these days and plenty active. If I sit down for more than a few minutes with my knees bent at any sort of angle (riding a motorcycle is a good example and one of the many reasons I got shot of my old Triumph Sprint ), when I come to move my legs again, my knees have gone stiff and hurt like green curse word to get going again. Is this just what happens? I found that throwing a Cortina MK3 estate into the side of a transit and being thrown into a lamp post in an SD1 within 10 days of each other in my early 20's means my knees stopped working properly, and still don't!
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At 53 my knees and things work just fine most of the time. I'm not super fit and I get tired after a long day of manual labour just like everyone else but I've laughed at men half my age who have run out of puff before I did a few times too.
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Jul 15, 2019 12:08:54 GMT
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On a slight tangent and more of an open question to the more mature posters here. Knee pain - is this just what happens when you start getting on? I'm 33 now, I was really fat as a kid and a teen which certainly didn't help matters but I'm pretty slim these days and plenty active. If I sit down for more than a few minutes with my knees bent at any sort of angle (riding a motorcycle is a good example and one of the many reasons I got shot of my old Triumph Sprint ), when I come to move my legs again, my knees have gone stiff and hurt like green curse word to get going again. Is this just what happens? 48 and had knee trouble for more years than i can remember. Always been active as my job means i have to maintain a level of fitness, age has meant i struggle a wee bit every year now. For me cycling worked for a year, but after a winter break, i thought i could start off from where i left off then really did my left knee in! Took a few years to really get over that and did enough to keep the fitness where i needed it until a couple of years ago where i became less active out of work. Last October after 2 or 3 false starts in the gym at work, i went and did my right knee in, an injury that wasnt gonna get better by self medicating. What helped me was some strong painkillers, work provided physio, then a number of sessions with the NHS, which is what i would encourage you to seek, which in my area i can request by self referral. Using the bike, rowing machine and eventually the cross trainer at the works gym then backed that up and i was off painkillers after 6 month. The net result is my 16yo son who is seeking a future in the motor industry, now has a Mondeo project of his own that i can easily help him with. All the very best, Geoff.
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Jul 15, 2019 14:46:09 GMT
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Can I see some photos of retro-driveways of either your collection or what your offspring are up to?
Cheers
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I guess i've been lucky with my health, at 65 my wind isn't what it used to be after a lifetime of fags and if I hold ANY position too long, some part or other will seize up, legs, hips, elbows or whatever. A long career in the motor trade has kept me relatively thin and active, but i've never been bendy, even at primary school, sitting cross legged on the gym floor was painful after a few minutes! And I don't do excercise beyond that imposed by a pretty active job (and hobby)
If you're getting knee problems at 33, i'd be seeing the GP and maybe a physio to find out what the craic is! Ignoring stuff like that only makes it worse in the end. I know it's a bloke thing, not to see a quack unless you're on your death bed, i'm guilty of it myself, but other people close to me have shown me by dying, of something curable, that it really DOESN'T do you any favours in the long run!
Steve
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Jul 16, 2019 10:09:01 GMT
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49. Two girls. 9 and 13.
In their early years I had great hopes for them to join me in my hobby. They both absolutely loved my ratty old Bedford, and would take any opportunity to leap in the the passenger seat and go for a drive. That was up until each reached the age of about 6. Since then I've had old noisy cars with lots of crude edges and rumbly engines and they've now become terrified of dad's cars and have no interest at all. Managed to get the 13 year old to take a drive with me in my car recently, but only because she'd earned a McDonald's drive-thru and the wife's car was not available.
I am totally alone in my car appreciation.
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Part 2, general health (I've just read the rest of the posts)
At 49, I have no major issues with my joints or any other conditions to cause me concern. I have never been into any kind of keeping fit, and I've never gone in for any physical activity other than my child/teen years as a BMX rider.
I personally believe there's a bit of a myth about active fitness. Maybe not a myth but it's not quite understood and kept in balance. I know a lot of people who have sworn by a regime of staying as fit and healthy as their schedule will allow. They play sport, run marathons, go to the gym three times a week, eat healthy like it's a religion, monitor everything, keep everything in tip top condition... have shot knees, back troubles, screwed feet, suffer from depression and OCD, have digestive problems, and yet daren't stop doing what they're doing because they're worried they'll get fat and lose their abilities.
My dad was an active sportsman throughout his younger years. Always playing football, cricket, golf. Knees went at about 40 years old, had to give it all up. It's been a slow and steady downhlll for him ever since.
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Last Edit: Jul 16, 2019 10:16:23 GMT by Deleted
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