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Re: We’re all just temporarily abled

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Post by justinpombrio »

zomglings wrote: post #3

This article really struck a chord in me. At the end of May, I started suffering from Achilles tendonitis in one of my feet. Because I was exercising too vigorously too early in the morning while my body was not properly warmed up. Never a problem when I was younger. It has been a long, slow recovery. With a few relapses into tightness because I tried to walk too fast or carry too much weight. Even now, almost 3 mont…

Holy shit, that's what I have! Thank you for naming the thing, now I can figure out what to do about it. (For me, it was biking strenuously without stretching, apparently.)

zomglings: what have you done to help your ankle(s) recover?

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Post by hollerith »

5d41402abc4b wrote: post #8
tastysandwich wrote: post #6

One of the best things I ever did was get strong through a basic barbell training program called Starting Strength. Squat, deadlift, overhead press, bench press, chinups, eat, sleep. It really is that easy. Highly recommend it for anyone interested. 1. Any back pain I had disappeared completely. 2. When I have to lift something awkward (eg, furniture), I don't injure myself. If you can deadlift 200KG, awkwardly leani…

My knee pain gets worse when i squat. How old are you?

I'm 63 and have to stay completely away from cheese or the arthritis in my left knee gets so bad I cannot operate the clutch in an manual-transmission car without doing what feels like permanent damage to the knee.

I used Starting Strength to learn how to squat roughly 12 years ago, do squats regularly and have never injured myself even temporarily doing squats although I use much less weight than grandparent does.

Re: We’re all just temporarily abled

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Post by ehnto »

tastysandwich wrote: post #6

One of the best things I ever did was get strong through a basic barbell training program called Starting Strength. Squat, deadlift, overhead press, bench press, chinups, eat, sleep. It really is that easy. Highly recommend it for anyone interested. 1. Any back pain I had disappeared completely. 2. When I have to lift something awkward (eg, furniture), I don't injure myself. If you can deadlift 200KG, awkwardly leani…

As someone who was not born 100% able, I have been lifting for 10+ years and I attribute my ongoing robustness to it. I wouldn't be doing half the stuff I do without strength conditioning providing such a robust foundation.

Injury defence is a benefit of lifting that is undersold I think. By strengthening all the muscles that support your movement, and limbering up connective tissues you are much less likely to get injured in general life like you said.

Re: We’re all just temporarily abled

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Post by suction »

seanthemon wrote: post #5

My dad went from someone I can chat with every day about something or build something together to partially disabled due to first stroke and now unable to communicate fully or easily due to the second stroke at 65. He lost his job and sadly there are few things to help with those who are unable to communicate. This all happened over a single weekend.

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Post by seanthemon »

sgtnoodle wrote: post #7
seanthemon wrote: post #5

My dad went from someone I can chat with every day about something or build something together to partially disabled due to first stroke and now unable to communicate fully or easily due to the second stroke at 65. He lost his job and sadly there are few things to help with those who are unable to communicate. This all happened over a single weekend.

That sucks. If it happened recently, though, don't completely lose hope. My mother-in-law had a stroke with a poor prognosis, and years later she's fully recovered and teaches piano!

Thank you, i'm so glad your MIL made such a wonderful recovery!

We're about a year in and he's gotten to the "I can do this myself, I'm not depressed" phase, haha!

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Post by lookboil »

5d41402abc4b wrote: post #8
tastysandwich wrote: post #6

One of the best things I ever did was get strong through a basic barbell training program called Starting Strength. Squat, deadlift, overhead press, bench press, chinups, eat, sleep. It really is that easy. Highly recommend it for anyone interested. 1. Any back pain I had disappeared completely. 2. When I have to lift something awkward (eg, furniture), I don't injure myself. If you can deadlift 200KG, awkwardly leani…

My knee pain gets worse when i squat. How old are you?

What sort of range of motion are you using? Obviously consulting a physio/exercise physiologist may be helpful, but you may have less pain if you squat to just below parallel. Or other squat variants may be better for you, e.g. front squats (or zombie squats), box squats. Slant board squats are also very good. You could also look at pin squats as it deloads the weight from your body at a very precise depth so no risk of going too deep with the weight and causing pain

Check out "knees over toes guy", he has a wealth of good free information on knee recovery.

I'm 30 and I squat pain free twice per week despite 3 knee dislocations. Good luck friend

Re: We’re all just temporarily abled

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Post by tastysandwich »

5d41402abc4b wrote: post #8
tastysandwich wrote: post #6

One of the best things I ever did was get strong through a basic barbell training program called Starting Strength. Squat, deadlift, overhead press, bench press, chinups, eat, sleep. It really is that easy. Highly recommend it for anyone interested. 1. Any back pain I had disappeared completely. 2. When I have to lift something awkward (eg, furniture), I don't injure myself. If you can deadlift 200KG, awkwardly leani…

My knee pain gets worse when i squat. How old are you?

How are you squatting? Technique is really important. I recommend watching some videos by Mark Rippetoe [1], and also filming your squats to review them. The low-bar back squat is a hip-dominant exercise, and when done properly should not put undue stress on the knees. [2]

I myself had _terrible_ knee pain from squatting. Then my knee started randomly buckling when I would walk.

So I started filming myself. I also used TUBOW [3] to figure out that my knees were drifting far too forward. I corrected my technique accordingly, and started engaging the hips properly. My knee pain went away and I've been pain-free ever since.

  - [1] Learn to Squat, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhoikoUEI8U
  - [2] Squats and Your Knees, https://startingstrength.com/article/squats-and-your-knees
  - [3] Using the TUBOW with Mark Rippetoe, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P_w6dpDC2I

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Post by satvikpendem »

tastysandwich wrote: post #6

One of the best things I ever did was get strong through a basic barbell training program called Starting Strength. Squat, deadlift, overhead press, bench press, chinups, eat, sleep. It really is that easy. Highly recommend it for anyone interested. 1. Any back pain I had disappeared completely. 2. When I have to lift something awkward (eg, furniture), I don't injure myself. If you can deadlift 200KG, awkwardly leani…

Starting Strength is not recommended anymore: https://web.archive.org/web/20200528135350/https://thefitnes...

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Post by ehnto »

rob74 wrote: post #10
sublinear wrote: post #2

> I injured my knee. Now imagine if your job wasn't sitting at a desk all day! Actually let's be honest, a sedentary lifestyle makes injuries like this more likely.

I thought about that when I read this in the blog post: > ...and tried something that, looking back now, maybe I’m too old for I don't know how old he is (not that old judging by the photo, but maybe it's an old photo?), and I don't know what he tried to do, but thinking like that is a slippery slope. Regular exercise is more important when growing older, not less - otherwise, you might become disabled because of you…

Exactly my thoughts, people slow themselves down as they age and it's surely a combination of reasons, and you can do what you want. But use it or lose it rings true.

When you break your collarbone, the majority of your recovery is actually healing the joints and muscles that atrophied while you were in a sling (exceptions for surgery etc.) The bone takes care of itself, but your shoulder and arms freeze up and wither away alarmingly fast.

If you have a bad joint and the pain causes you to reduce movement, it's very worthwhile to see a physio and keep the joints moving while it heals, to avoid further damage.

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Post by cosmojg »

5d41402abc4b wrote: post #8
tastysandwich wrote: post #6

One of the best things I ever did was get strong through a basic barbell training program called Starting Strength. Squat, deadlift, overhead press, bench press, chinups, eat, sleep. It really is that easy. Highly recommend it for anyone interested. 1. Any back pain I had disappeared completely. 2. When I have to lift something awkward (eg, furniture), I don't injure myself. If you can deadlift 200KG, awkwardly leani…

My knee pain gets worse when i squat. How old are you?

My knee pain improves when I squat. For context, my legs are different lengths, and I've had a left medial meniscectomy in the shorter leg. I'm in my late twenties, and the pain is bilateral.
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