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Is it just a fact of life that once a human reaches a certain age they begin developing aches and pains in their bodies that never go away?
Does every older adult simply have constant 24/7 pains in their bodies they just learn to live with and work around?
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Nope, only people eating a SAD (standard american Diet).
All known blue zones, (high centinarian regions) of the world unanimously eat differently, whereby 80-90% of calories come from Complex Carbohydrates/ Whole plant-foods.
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Is it just a fact of life that once a human reaches a certain age they begin developing aches and pains in their bodies that never go away?
Does every older adult simply have constant 24/7 pains in their bodies they just learn to live with and work around?
Yes and No
The old joke - Patient: "Doc it hurts when I do this" - Doctor: "Well, don't do that" - is not really a joke.
Take care of yourself as best you can, and then learn to adapt and ignore.
For example after my shoulder surgery I will never be able to shoot a basketball or throw overhand worth a damn. c'est la vie
PS - I get a hamburger and fries at McDonald's once in a blue moon, there really is no substitute
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Is it just a fact of life that once a human reaches a certain age they begin developing aches and pains in their bodies that never go away?
Does every older adult simply have constant 24/7 pains in their bodies they just learn to live with and work around?
Not necessarily 24/7 and most of the time it's based on what you did when you were younger. Almost every bad injury comes back so if you ride BMX or bulls you're probably gonna have a hard time compared to someone who did something low impact like modeling.
Yes you learn to work around it but it's also why so many turn to alcohol and drugs.
Compound that with the other things in your life (PTSD) or lack of family or hobbies and you can see why so many older people are self medicating.
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Is it just a fact of life that once a human reaches a certain age they begin developing aches and pains in their bodies that never go away?
Does every older adult simply have constant 24/7 pains in their bodies they just learn to live with and work around?
Not necessarily 24/7 and most of the time it's based on what you did when you were younger. Almost every bad injury comes back so if you ride BMX or bulls you're probably gonna have a hard time compared to someone who did something low impact like modeling.
Yes you learn to work around it but it's also why so many turn to alcohol and drugs.
Compound that with the other things in your life (PTSD) or lack of family or hobbies and you can see why so many older people are self medicating.
Hit the nail on head here, I can confirm this is true. I did all kinda of crazy stuff when I was younger then ended up becoming a carpenter right out of HS. I got all kinds of aches & pains that my friends around my age who were not as bold when younger & didn't do physical work to make a living do not have.
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Is it just a fact of life that once a human reaches a certain age they begin developing aches and pains in their bodies that never go away?
Does every older adult simply have constant 24/7 pains in their bodies they just learn to live with and work around?
Not necessarily. It's mega impressive how much a skilled physiotherapist can do.
BTW thanks for reminding me, I'll go stretch now.
The old joke - Patient: "Doc it hurts when I do this" - Doctor: "Well, don't do that" - is not really a joke.
A physiotherapist in the UK scolded me for 'not doing that' and adapting as opposed to carrying on and doing exercises for the injury.
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Is it just a fact of life that once a human reaches a certain age they begin developing aches and pains in their bodies that never go away?
Does every older adult simply have constant 24/7 pains in their bodies they just learn to live with and work around?
Hint; if you wake up and you don't feel pain, you've died ;p .
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Then I must be more alive than ever, then.
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You don't know pain, until you've had to call lawyers and search for forensic psychologists for a week straight.
And it's not even serious, just for basic basic stuff. The system is ridiculous. Why do we even have this.
We should just get rid of the court, the guy with the most money wins, it ends up that way most of the time anyway.
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I'd like to think that moderate to slightly intense exercise is beneficial in hardening your body to prevent age related ailments. usually helps with stuff like bone density and strength in ligaments and tendons which makes you less brittle. not everything can be prevented or avoided though unfortunately, so your idea definitely has truth
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I'd like to think that moderate to slightly intense exercise is beneficial in hardening your body to prevent age related ailments. usually helps with stuff like bone density and strength in ligaments and tendons which makes you less brittle. not everything can be prevented or avoided though unfortunately, so your idea definitely has truth
The primary function here is the consumption of SAD standard american diet, high in proteins (protein=amino acid bundle) amino acid = ACID, greatly increases blood acidity.
In order to buffer that, the body pulls bone out, and release the phosphates. This is the primary mechanism for osteoporosis, poor bone health/ hip fractures.
Notice, Hip fractures greatly increase with dairy consumption.
So we know 2 things, bone health has nothing to do with calcium, it has to do with buffering the blood, consuming the body's phosphates from bone.
Eating more calcium doesn't help, Drinking more milk doesn't help. The only way to truly improve bone health is to eat 100% veggie ensuring the blood is alkaline.
40 countries plotted by dairy consumption and hip fractures.
(https://i.imgur.com/bInKpCz.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/B677oku.png)
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I'd like to think that moderate to slightly intense exercise is beneficial in hardening your body to prevent age related ailments. usually helps with stuff like bone density and strength in ligaments and tendons which makes you less brittle. not everything can be prevented or avoided though unfortunately, so your idea definitely has truth
Applying pressure and weight to certain bone groups will strengthen them. Femurs, hips, ribs, sternum, and cranium are the main red blood cell-producing bone groups. Doing qi gong and tai qi will increase their density and refresh your blood.
Non-aggressive stretching will keep tendons and ligaments limber and supple, decreasing the likelihood of injuries.
I started practicing tai qi 13 years ago and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. It changed the way I moved, walked, everything. I used to get regular charlie horses in my calves at night until I started tai qi. I all but quit practicing and exercising due to a chronic condition and now I'm getting cramps again at night.
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Applying pressure and weight to certain bone groups will strengthen them. Femurs, hips, ribs, sternum, and cranium are the main red blood cell-producing bone groups. Doing qi gong and tai qi will increase their density and refresh your blood.
Non-aggressive stretching will keep tendons and ligaments limber and supple, decreasing the likelihood of injuries.
I started practicing tai qi 13 years ago and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. It changed the way I moved, walked, everything. I used to get regular charlie horses in my calves at night until I started tai qi. I all but quit practicing and exercising due to a chronic condition and now I'm getting cramps again at night.
The leg cramping sounds like Multiple Sclerosis.
Lack of "real" sunlight /exercise /proper deep sleep.
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The leg cramping sounds like Multiple Sclerosis.
Lack of "real" sunlight /exercise /proper deep sleep.
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Naw. It was from running and biking without properly stretching afterward. And from too many salty hodogs.