Do you find as you get older you also get mysterious aches and pain that pop up for no logical reason and then fade away after a few days? I usually get them in my lower back, upper bum, shoulders and shoulder blades. Do you seek medical relief or simply let nature run its course?
Mysterious Aches
- Thread starter SkyRider
- Start date
You're getting old. As long as they're not long-lasting and severe, take an advil and thank god you're still on the right side of the grass!
PS all your pains sound like back issues. Welcome to the club. Have had them since I turned 30.
Cycleguy007
Banned
The only pains I get are the PITA's I have living with 3 teenagers! 
Seriously though... no, not really. Not unexplainable ones anyway. Occasionally my legs feel tired the day after a long ride, or my shoulders/ arms were a lil sore the day after I kayaked for 4 hours... but those are entirely explained by the physical activity related to that muscle group previously.
Seriously though... no, not really. Not unexplainable ones anyway. Occasionally my legs feel tired the day after a long ride, or my shoulders/ arms were a lil sore the day after I kayaked for 4 hours... but those are entirely explained by the physical activity related to that muscle group previously.
You might try tracking down a massage therapist that has taken the "Bowen Technique" course. It will take about four visits before it starts to take effect. Cheers GB
I seem to recall reading articles which said that man (or woman) was never meant to walk upright and that is the primary source of our very common back problems.
I'm with you on this....when I was 30 I was "ordered" by my boss to move this 300 lb mold for injection molding a makeup display. When I tried to move it it wouldn't budge, I pressed harder, and harder, then it moved and I herniated a disc in my back. That 300 mold actually weighed 1300 lbs. I went to a chiropractor a couple years ago and the x-ray showed an almost complete lack of bone density in the affected disc. Scary actually. Rest of my back is 100% opaque then whump, almost 100% transparent.
As for the aches and pains of old age. Get used to it. I find it also depends on what life you're led up to this point. If you've lived hard and played harder, it will be worse. I have a bum knee from a motorcycle accident when I was 17 and it aches and pops almost constantly now......I was carrying my tools up a long flight of stairs a couple of weeks ago and it just gave out completely. I almost fell down the stairs.
WHAT, you mean it doesn't get better with time? Sorry to hear about your back. My doc said that it is his patients' most common complaint. I think we are all born with a set number of bends in our back so be careful not to use them all up by the time you are 30.
I am also leery of people who claim they can solve your back problem, for a "modest fee" of course. It might just be a means for them to fund their children's private school tuition.
My chirodoctor said that the reason many of us have lower back problems is because we don't take care of it when we're young. We're young and strong so we abuse it. Then some of us dont' exercise enough and then try to do something that we're not ready for (like helping someone move that 3200 lbs couch). Once damaged, your back will never be the same. I think the stats are something like "if you've injured your back, the chance of a recurring incident is about 92%".
Ditto the back problems.
At 6'-2" and 220 pounds, it comes with the territory. Some days I feel like a twenty year old. Others 80.
There's the lower back pain, the stiffness, the sciatica (had that for over a year before it went away. I thought I needed a new hip.)
Like t boy, I can remember that moment when I fucked my back up for the first time. I was 21 and I was horsing around with my then GF and I told her to sit on my back and I wanted to do push ups with her on me. She did, it gave out. Never been the same.
At 6'-2" and 220 pounds, it comes with the territory. Some days I feel like a twenty year old. Others 80.
There's the lower back pain, the stiffness, the sciatica (had that for over a year before it went away. I thought I needed a new hip.)
Like t boy, I can remember that moment when I fucked my back up for the first time. I was 21 and I was horsing around with my then GF and I told her to sit on my back and I wanted to do push ups with her on me. She did, it gave out. Never been the same.
One of my friends had his first child when he was 35. He loved to carry his daughter on his back, then one day he felt this awful pain. He went to a gazillion medical specialists and but nothing cured the problem.
Advice to to all the 21 and 35 year old guys out there. DO NOT DO PUSHUPS WITH YOUR GF OR CARRY YOUR DAUGHTER ON YOUR BACK!
Well you can, but you have to train for it and work your way up to carry the load. I remember before I hurt my back going to the club and after about 6 months of increasing the reps, I could do killer crunches and situps with the incline board at the top level (about 40 deg). Last time I went I was up to about 100 reps (with a 5 lb weight held behind my head).
I remember on the leg press machine too I kept increasing the weight every few weeks. Then the hottie (I still remember her name and face) who signed me up was working out and saw me. She came over and asked how I was doing etc. and then looked at the setting and said "wtf are you doing"??? I said what? You've got 200 kilos on the machine. I said "oh, I just kept increasing it progressively until it was too hard to do 20 reps lol"....
Welcome to living life and getting older, notice I didn't say OLD. Most everyone you has a back problem can remember the first episode. The plan after that is know the signs before and serious bout and have a plan to deal with it. I really don't like medication and doctors visits, but having had that serious episode I 've got good at avoiding the big one again.
A hot shower or bath and know the positions for resting that help your problem (found out by initial conversations with MDs and Physio's). After the bad pain subsides, not gone away, keep moving or you'll just stiffen up and get weaker. Like me, you might not like painkillers, but if it's escalating, one before you got bed, to help you get to that deep sleep, will be worth it. lack of sleep and rest just makes it worse.
Stay active but know your limits for the moment. Having been subjected to some interesting research programs and tests in the last few years, I've discovered I'm about 30% less strong than at my zenith in my late 20's, but I was told that's not bad for my profile.
When those muscle knots just won't go away, a good massage from an RMT does do wonders.
Just stay active and maybe more than you might think is necessary.
Last edited:
tboy if you want to build strength in your upper legs a leg press machine is virtually useless. I only use it to work my ankles and calf muscles. Squats with free weights gives the best results. With your back problems squats may be out of the question; you'll get better results doing thigh extensions and hamstring curls. And you should do 3 sets of 12 reps for maximum results.
I'm getting too old for the Gary Roberts Workout.
I'm doing everything I can to avoid being a candidate for hip replacement surgery. Lately I've had to tone down my leg presses; the bursitis in my right knee has flared up again. Add to that my cumulative construction injuries; I have to work out diligently just to remain relatively pain free. It sucks to be old but the alternative is worse.
I now have a young attractive and very smart female doctor. She helped cure an ailment I'd been struggling with for years. After she proved herself she put me through a battery of tests to get an idea of my overall health. So far I've balked at the prostate exam...I might get excited.
Is it true that one cannot have more than 2 hip or knee replacement surgeries in a lifetime and that is why they try to delay the first one as long as possible? One of my co-workers (a heavy set woman) just had her first knee replacement at age 47 (more or less). She was told that her limit is 2 in her lifetime.
I can feel the degenerate bone of my right hip. That's why my such a stickler for squats, it makes your glutes very strong. And the glutes support the hips. Hopefully I can delay the hip replacement surgery indefinately.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBYk4-Rw7TA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBYk4-Rw7TA
That's the problem with getting old...
there's just no future in it.
Most of my pains can be explained by something I've done; going into the boards a little hard, landing on my hip, hanging drywall in an awkward position. But, sometimes an ache will just show up for no apparent reason. As long as it doesn't stick around for more than a few days, I'm a happy camper.
there's just no future in it.
Most of my pains can be explained by something I've done; going into the boards a little hard, landing on my hip, hanging drywall in an awkward position. But, sometimes an ache will just show up for no apparent reason. As long as it doesn't stick around for more than a few days, I'm a happy camper.
Don't you just hate it when you go to bed after a night of SC'ing feeling fine and wake up the next morning with a stiff neck and a stiff thingy?
actually the nature of the pains coming and going reminds me of my fibromyalgia.. which has gotten much better since I removed my mercury fillings, started eating less sugar and consuming more veggies/legumes etc, and been taking vit D, K, C, zinc and taking also oregano oil, fish oil for inflammation and immune difficulties.
My belief and my educational sources lead me to the etiology that most pain comes from toxicity.. and it's our body's way of alerting us to remove the offending toxins. This is true for cancer, diabetes or really almost anything that isn't from a structural source of damage.
Rebounding works easily and effectively to cleanse the lymphatic system and I've started doing that daily for only mere minutes and it works great!
http://www.healingdaily.com/mini-trampoline-exercise.htm
My belief and my educational sources lead me to the etiology that most pain comes from toxicity.. and it's our body's way of alerting us to remove the offending toxins. This is true for cancer, diabetes or really almost anything that isn't from a structural source of damage.
Rebounding works easily and effectively to cleanse the lymphatic system and I've started doing that daily for only mere minutes and it works great!
http://www.healingdaily.com/mini-trampoline-exercise.htm
Most medical problems all originate from 3 places
crooked spine- crushes nerves and does damage
bad colon- take asodopholis, get your colon checked
and the most often looked over, bad teeth.
Make sure your teeth are healthy, and if you havent got your wisdom teeth pulled yet, do it now. Infected wisdom teeth can cause serious problems.
crooked spine- crushes nerves and does damage
bad colon- take asodopholis, get your colon checked
and the most often looked over, bad teeth.
Make sure your teeth are healthy, and if you havent got your wisdom teeth pulled yet, do it now. Infected wisdom teeth can cause serious problems.
I don't know where you got your medical degree
....but I think you mean a mis-aligned spine and not a crooked spine (in reference to chiropractic adjustment) and to take acidophilus to replenish good bacteria in the intestine after taking antibiotics which wipe out both good and bad bacteria. It's a bit more complicated than these 3 causes for all illness - crooked spine, toxic colon or unhealthy teeth.
Similar threads
