Memes

If the wheel was emotional pain, I think it would be more appropriate.

No joke.

I had about 15 years between 30 and 45 as a zero-exercise desk jockey and it early killed me.

The deterioration was unreal. Took a few years to get back fitness and any kind of core strength.

So, my best advice to young people with desk jobs : Keep up your exercise, even if it’s just a little.

Hey I'm exceptional at something at last.

I dunno about it being as much of an outlier nowadays. People seem to sit a lot for their jobs, and then glue themselves to their couch when they get home.

Getting up and walking around a bit goes a long way.

I assume most meme makers live sedintary lives which has their own forms of wear and tear (always sitting, poor posture, lots of concrete surfaces) and not exercising enough makes any physical labor hurt more becase they aren't used to it.

Big generalization but that also describes me when left to my own devices. I felt a lot better getting outside and working mildly physical jobs

Personal trainers are awesome. If you can't afford one:

1. find a friend to work out with. Preferably at your same physical level. Look for workouts or support online.

2. get as much medical care as you can afford. A lot of small problems in your 30s can turn into big problems in your 40s.

You are correct. It is for someone in their 50’s. My thirties were carefree physically. In my fifties, spin that wheel.

Take care of your bodies, folks. Repairing any of this requires a ton more work (if it can be done) than just treating it right in the first place. Random injuries nonwithstanding.

Yeah. I'm 44 and in terrible shape (in terms of exercise, etc.), but even so, I'm a long way from "everything hurts".

I actually started going to the gym a few weeks ago not having done proper physical exercise in the last 13 years. A large portion of the random pains and cartilage grinding are just straight up gone already.

Try spending 30 years being obese without ever working out. That'll get your body hurting real quick.

30's is still quite young. OP needs to get himself checked out and get himself in shape.

That's because you're active. Being a couch potato is one of the most damaging things you can do to your body. An object at rest stays at rest.... forever.

Vitamin D deficiency can cause all kinds of crazy ass symptoms too.

This meme was me for a time. I assumed it was the inevitable decline of the physical body due to aging. And some of it is. But what I discovered is that you can slow this degeneration significantly through proper exercise, nutrition and rest. I'm stronger and in less pain now in my late 40s than I was in my 30s.

They're about 10 years too early. The random aching starts at 40 something.

Yeah I'm in my 30s and I hear this about this sort of thing all the time from other people my age, but the only time I experience body pain myself is if I injure part of my body. But then I do my due diligence to let it heal and I'm fine after. I'm not overly fit compared to other people my age, I don't do yoga or anything, I just like, lift with my legs instead of my back. For some inexplicable reason a lot of people I know don't follow that age old advice despite moaning up down and all around about their chronic back pain.

Given that Lemmy is largely populated by programmers, I assume they have done next to no exercise through their 20s and mostly sit hunched over in a chair all day. So now that they are hitting their 30s, they are paying the price for abusing their bodies.

You don't need to be huge like Arnold, but find some way to move your body every day. While you're young in your teens, 20s, and 30s find different and interesting ways to keep your body moving and build up strength, whether that be swimming, running, larping, lifting weights, finding a local exercise meet-up, local sports league, or walking to a park and using the little exercise machines.

A lot of the back issues will go away with more core strength and lifting things properly with your legs. If you can't think of anything, then start by sitting up straight and tall in your chair using your core to stabilize yourself and see whether in a few weeks you can get through a half or maybe even full day without slouching. Anything is better than nothing!

I'm 40 next year. This year I've switched jobs after 16 years of mainly sitting in a chair looking at synchroniser rings for gear boxes.

The new job has a lot more lifting involved and no chairs. I've had so many aches in my back, shoulders and right limbs since I started.

This week I picked something heavy up and put it down on a bottom shelf. My back popped. I saw stars. My brain felt a bit funny for an hour or so afterwards.

Luckily I managed to pop the disc back by hanging by my arms from a low bar, and massaging the hurt muscles.

Lift with your legs, not your back!

I too feel like this meme is a decade early, but I do feel the meme.

Deep fry them instead?

Yeah I grind up my kids and snort them, much more effective

46 and no random pain :P

Happening for me in march. I can’t wait /s

I’m making sure to take the time to really enjoy when my body doesn’t hurt because I know there’ll be a time in my life when that’s not the case anymore. I’ve always dealt with pain, but I know my shit’s been amateur hour.

A GP Doc isn't the right person, consider a physiotherapist or orthopedist