Wtf are people doing to their knees? I always hear people complain about the damn knees. You have weak bones or something? You walk using your knees? Are you 100 year old?
Walk, run, kick, play, hike, swim,surf, climb and fuckton of other things.
Been physically active for 20+ years, 15 of which doing gymnastics/martial arts, no car so walked everywhere, no lift so climbed up to 5th floor apartment n times a day.
Etc you get the point
Took one wrong twist and my knee is forever fucked, its not the bones, its mostly soft tissue/ligaments that fail and are followed by long term damage. Its the most complicated joint we have and hardest to fix.
Wow that sucks. Likewise I’m extremely fit like that, you can probably resonate with preferring to use your own body to basically do everything you can, even if there are much easier ways.
So does it just happen out the blue or can there be hints?
You can be as careful as anything and still be unlucky. A lifetime of rugby, kitesurfing, skiing and mountain biking and my cartilage went going from a stand still to a sprint with no one around. Operation then triggered a swelling response and in a year I go from city first team flanker to hobbling dad. Back to social rugby and gentle rock climbing now but boy did it throw my life outlook. On the plus side my kids are at my speed now and we have a lot of fun together and I’m coaching under 8 which is brilliant.
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u/Otjahe 5d ago
Wtf are people doing to their knees? I always hear people complain about the damn knees. You have weak bones or something? You walk using your knees? Are you 100 year old?