getting old and broken

bigmike20vt said:
what a mad 2 weeks
2 weeks ago I pulled a muscle in my left shoulder/neck.
booked in physio for Friday just gone however before I got to it I managed to tweak my lower back weeding (probably because of crap posture due to my neck)
I had the physio on my shoulder and a bit of work on my back whilst at it and it was feeling a lot better so chanced a game of pickelball today and now have pulled my calf muscle and can't walk . felt a horrible pop . I just hope it's a minor class one and not a full tear.

I know they say things come in 3s but this takes the pee!.

sorry not sure why posting. just need to vent., am fed up!
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Pops can be ligaments breaking.

I feel this too. Tore my hamstring recently and couldn’t walk for a week. It’s been nearly 4 weeks now and feel it every so often still.
 
The older you get, the longer it takes to heal from even the slightest strain or cut.

I don’t know if you can get them in the U.K., but I got a €9.99 back belt from Lidl which has been an absolute boon when shifting building and gardening materials.

In related news, don’t get your finger caught in closing ladders.
 
Similar story here...

- Hamstring issues from over running, football, lingered now for about 8 months (likely hamstring tendinopathy which im not fixing)
- Back ache from sitting down likely wrong / too much (could also be cause of hamstring issues - physio said potentially)
- Horrible flu / cough all last week.

Then come Friday, kneeled down to put some cream on the kids, back went and into a muscle spasm (maybe caused by coughing?) and i couldn't get off the floor. Managed to get up to ensure the kids stopped panicking - but back hasn't recovered yet. Doctor reckons give it a few days and it will go + pain killers help.

Anyhow - pretty rubbish these last 2 weeks :D
 
cu3ed said:
Think when I hit 50 ill just juice myself to the gills and hit the gym lol.
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this was kind of my plan (albeit not the gym)... 2024 was a terrible year for me health-wise In terms of sitting on my fat ass and if eating was an olympic sport I would be representing Britain at the Olympics.

over Xmas I was looking at the family calendar we made for my parents with me and the lad on with a photo from each month in 2024 and not only my weight (which has always been an issue) but my lad had gone from sturdy to podgy in that time and I decided I was a crap role model.
I knew running was out as I used to do that and started having calf issues so have been swimming since January. my fitness has improved significantly so added in badminton and pickleball and only a few months into that this has happened.
I just hope it doesn't balls up my swimming. the racket sports are mostly for fun but the swimming is vital to me getting in shape
 
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bigmike20vt said:
this was kind of my plan (albeit not the gym)... 2024 was a terrible year for me health-wise In terms of sitting on my fat ass and if eating was an olympic sport I would be representing Britain at the Olympics.

over Xmas I was looking at the family calendar we made for my parents with me and the lad on with a photo from each month in 2024 and not only my weight (which has always been an issue) but my lad had gone from sturdy to podgy in that time and I decided I was a crap role model.
I knew running was out as I used to do that and started having calf issues so have been swimming since January. my fitness has improved significantly so added in badminton and pickleball and only a few months into that this has happened.
I just hope it doesn't balls up my swimming. the racket sports are mostly for fun but the swimming is vital to me getting in shape
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Ive been weight trianing for decades now so would jsut boost it, though doing for more things like more stability exercises for knees hips etc. Swimming is technically weight resistance training though.
 
The marvellous thing about the human body is that there is a complete disconnect between what your brain thinks you can do and what your body can actually handle. This disparity only gets worst with time and the differential between what you had and what you have got.

Shockingly when you are 50 and 5 stone overweight you can't handle the same activity as you could when you were 20 and 5 stone lighter.
 
fez said:
The marvellous thing about the human body is that there is a complete disconnect between what your brain thinks you can do and what your body can actually handle. This disparity only gets worst with time and the differential between what you had and what you have got.

Shockingly when you are 50 and 5 stone overweight you can't handle the same activity as you could when you were 20 and 5 stone lighter.
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perhaps not.

but you can try........ and then go and moan on a computer hardware forum when it all goes wrong :D
 
I ripped the muscles from one side of my spine when I was in my late 20s while changing a car tyre... I was in quite a state where I couldn't walk for a period of time, so now a days if i sit still for too long my back can seize up. I can't go bowling with the way you have to bend over to that side.

I thought I twisted my knee while playing football.. never saw anyone about it, it would just hurt if I walk too much and holding bite on the clutch would cause pain too..
It was like that for a good few years, till I was sitting on the desk at work swinging my leg then I jumped off and landed.. everyone on the office heard the crunch as my knee popped back in to place and I had tears in my eyes as I hopple back to my desk.

now a days, that leg is much weaker than my other leg but it is working now, trying to stregthen it with some weight training but it's there's a long way to go. Sometimes when I'm cycling it extends a bit too far and it freaking hurts, I can't tend to pavement run on it as the shocks just causes pain but running on grass, dirt track or treadmill is ok.

currently I think I pulled something in my leg that's causing my feet to hurt, it gets to the point where I can barely stand on it. The pain goes if a rotate my ankle...

I thought a week "holiday" would solve it but I did a lot of walking that week, I had two weeks of light training, so it's not as bad at the moment... and I was ok after doing 10k on the treadmill this saturday.

oh I had some right "Sports" injuries in the past... fell over once and smashed my elbow and could move it for months - self physio storted that out.
got my foot trapped between two players sliding tackles and my ankle was the size of my things...

But there's me jogging everyday, yoga on Thursday with a gym session on Saturday.

I really should try to bulk out but I'm happy with my body shape at the moment with the expection of my belly.
 
Bulking out is no good for avoiding hamstring injuries and make falls worse
 
slinxy said:
I ripped the muscles from one side of my spine when I was in my late 20s while changing a car tyre... I was in quite a state where I couldn't walk for a period of time, so now a days if i sit still for too long my back can seize up. I can't go bowling with the way you have to bend over to that side.

I thought I twisted my knee while playing football.. never saw anyone about it, it would just hurt if I walk too much and holding bite on the clutch would cause pain too..
It was like that for a good few years, till I was sitting on the desk at work swinging my leg then I jumped off and landed.. everyone on the office heard the crunch as my knee popped back in to place and I had tears in my eyes as I hopple back to my desk.

now a days, that leg is much weaker than my other leg but it is working now, trying to stregthen it with some weight training but it's there's a long way to go. Sometimes when I'm cycling it extends a bit too far and it freaking hurts, I can't tend to pavement run on it as the shocks just causes pain but running on grass, dirt track or treadmill is ok.

currently I think I pulled something in my leg that's causing my feet to hurt, it gets to the point where I can barely stand on it. The pain goes if a rotate my ankle...

I thought a week "holiday" would solve it but I did a lot of walking that week, I had two weeks of light training, so it's not as bad at the moment... and I was ok after doing 10k on the treadmill this saturday.

oh I had some right "Sports" injuries in the past... fell over once and smashed my elbow and could move it for months - self physio storted that out.
got my foot trapped between two players sliding tackles and my ankle was the size of my things...

But there's me jogging everyday, yoga on Thursday with a gym session on Saturday.

I really should try to bulk out but I'm happy with my body shape at the moment with the expection of my belly.
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dude I think you need to see a specialist and get some proper physio!.
my shoulder and neck recurring issue started after falling out of a bouncy castle (I was sitting on a high wall part and landed on my head / shoulder) when I was drunk 20+ years ago
annoyingly I didn't deal with it despite having private health care. maybe it would not have helped but I still wish I had given it a shot as now every 12 months give or take (and it seems to be accelerating) it flares up.
 
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I cycle to work, walk at least 20km when there (quite often while pushing 400kg of bed) and then cycle back. I do some simple weights at home.

I'm not doing bad for 53.
 
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Came out of football-playing retirement last summer aged 40. Broke my wrist 5 mins in, which led to me being in a cast and not driving for 8 weeks, followed by 6 months physio. Went straight back into retirement.
 
DB_SamX said:
Came out of football-playing retirement last summer aged 40. Broke my wrist 5 mins in, which led to me being in a cast and not driving for 8 weeks, followed by 6 months physio. Went straight back into retirement.
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ouch. has to be the shortest come back tour ever :(
hope it's healed ok now
 
Over 6o now , no aches and pains , I do planks twice a day , press ups , 16 kg kettle bell ( including single arm) maybe I need 20 kg
As seen in purchase thread just got the dip bars.
Big weekend walk is 10 to 14 miles edit plus bodyboarding with fins ,but I am mindful that excess cardio can reduce muscle mass (willing to be corrected on this ?)
Maybe my manual job helps rather than sitting all day , and dare I say my vegan diet as regards inflammation
 
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