30's wheel of pain

That is atypical.

Now if you become one with a chair for most of the day, expect it in your 40s. And expect an active 80+ year old to physically kick your ass by the time you hit 60.

But 30s? That’s an outlier.

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

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- Psychic troubles will sooner or later affect the body and might explain what the meme describes.
  
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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.

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- it early killed me.
  
  Prophetic typo
  
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- Back pain stared when I was 10 then my knees in my mid 20s. Buy a good mattress and go to the gym people!
  
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Hey I'm exceptional at something at last.

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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.

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You underestimate my unity with my chair.

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Everything hurts in your 30's!? What kind of rough city-miles have you put on yourself?

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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

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- This.
  
  Walking is surely if one of the best things you can do to yourself if you have an otherwise sedentary lifestyle - actually uses a lot of muscles, feels less of a chore because you can easily be preoccupied by multiple other things in parallel (enjoying the view, thinking about things, having a phone call, listening to a podcast, thinking about your destination, etc.).
  
  I've been working remotely for several years now, but one of my jobs used to start later late in the day, so I had some free time before that, which I used to walk around doing chores - felt great. Once I moved to the other job, with a more traditional schedule starting in the morning and ending in the evening, but still a bit off for my timezone, I stopped walking as much - gained a lot of extra weight just because I stopped "exercising" as much due to having awkward hours to do chores before or after work.
  
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- I'm relatively sedentary and don't exercise much and I'm completely pain free in my 30s so I feel like that's not the only factor.
  
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Gaming, television, and junk food.

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Dude you have to exercise and stretch. I actually went to a "movement specialist" personal trainer for a couple of sessions and that helped a lot. My near constant back pain is non-existent now.

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

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

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.
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- Good suggestions, the key is to break a sweat as many days as you can, consistently and sustainably.
  
  Another option is taking tai chi, yoga, or shotokan with a good instructor; good instructors can be hard to find though.
  
  All three of those have really helped me at different times, particularly with posture and movement (tai chi the most, but it takes the longest to actually be able to do it).
  
  Never done Pilates but I've heard very positive things about it.
  
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That's not normal dude.

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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.

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If everything hurts in your thirties you might need to take stock as to why. If you aren't in a labor intensive job and you don't have a history of accidents you might consider changing your behaviors to try to reduce how much chronic pain you experience.

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Yeah. I'm 44 and in terrible shape, but even so, I'm a long way from "everything hurts".

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Unfortunately, it's not always that easy. I tried so many things, so many types of sports, been to so many doctors and specialists and none of that really helped. I know it's important to stay active and I am, and I think I found a routine that's giving me some relief, but it's not like it's going away. Years ago, I would've said similar things like you, but chronic pain really is a complex thing

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I don't understand this. I'm 32, I've been working labour intensive construction jobs since I was 18, and before that I played football, rugby and hockey pretty much year round. I've been pretty tough on my body pretty much my whole life.

99% of days I wake up feeling completely fine. Some times I'll have a sore back or neck or something, generally from lifting heavy shit or just overworking. Then a few days of recovery, I feel fine. All these memes I see of 30 year olds acting like they are 75 are just so stupid.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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- I mean, I'm a couch potato the same age as them and I'm completely pain free.
  
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Don‘t understand these memes, i am almost 40 and do not have any random pain Symptoms - what are you all doing?

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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.

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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!

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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.

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

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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.

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- This happened to me too, except my L5/S1 disc is permanently bulged now. If I don't keep my core strong, and my hips and thighs flexible, I get debilitating sciatic pain down my right leg.
  
  Stay in shape lads! Stay strong, but don't lift hard. Stay flexible, but don't stretch too far. Get some cardio, but low impact.
  
  If only they taught us in school how to take care of our bodies, our feelings, our minds, our relationships, our communities and our environment.... sadlolz
  
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Everything hurting for no discernable reason isn't normal at your age. The difference between your 20s and 30s is that in your 20s you don't need to do anything to not hurt. In your 30s and beyond you're gonna need to start taking care of yourself in order to not hurt. The pain is your body telling you something is wrong. Could be sleep apnea, hypertension, lack of activity or not enough recovery after activity. Again though, pain all the time for no reason isn't actually normal until much later in life.

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

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Is this really how people who aren't disabled feel all the time?? I have had significant daily pain for close to 20 years at this point and I'm not 40 yet. 🥲

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Don't smoke kids

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

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Wait until you are 50. Anyway, this reminded me of this little gem

Actually, I'm past my 30s and my main complaints are lack of flexibility, and difficulty keeping my weight under control. More focus on exercise would likely help.

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It's all purple when you hit 40.

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46 and no random pain :P

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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.

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- Feb for me.
  
  My wife has crippling Endometriosis so I've always been the one that's not hurting, but I feel like a whiney little bitch when I am in pain just because she's living with lifelong pain.
  
  Her loss is my gain though, she gets the strong pain killers, so if I have half her dose I'm getting twice the over the counter dose.
  
  https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b6bf46ad-719f-4639-9a1e-c69423bb4aed
  
  This is how I think I'll be in 5 years
  
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Ah to be 30 again 😌

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Do you think your body hurts now? What are ya'll going to be like when you hit your 60's and are truly broken by old age and poor choices? Those doctors ain't handing out opioids like candy anymore, (and as a retired medic in my 60's, I'm very happy about that).

Old age ain't for sissy's, so enjoy how little misery and pain you have now. Because it won't get any better.......

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Bold of you to assume those of us in our 30s now will make it beyond our 50s. /s

Jokes aside, I think there's 2 kinds of people who relate to these memes: those who spent their 20s hunched over a keyboard and got no exercise after work, and those who worked manual labor for a company that worked them to the point of permanent injury.

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In western countries (likely where the author of this comic is from), the biological age of people in their 30s is far more likely to be somewhere in their 20s. I doubt most 30 year olds feel as old as they joke about.

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"Take your baby aspirin and multivitamin then get on with your day...cause it's all downhill from here."

Is my morning mantra...

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Basically, if you do a little bit, take care of yourself, you should live a pain-free existence. Especially pay attention to your core strength because that will take most of the load off of your back and other support muscles. I really recommend climbing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu as great ways to build up core strengths without just sitting in a gym being bored

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Idk how to link a community on mobile but... It sounds like some of y'all might want to join us at chronicpain@lemmy.world :)

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It only gets worse. 40s suck more...

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Jokes on you I've had fibromyalgia since my early 20s.

Anyone else here in the chronic pain club?

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this is inaccurate. the only thing that hurts in your thirties is your financial security and your aesthetic pride

sincerely, a millennial who had a birthday yesterday

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Lifting heavy discs helped my back and knees but I also fucked my shoulder so. Yay!

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Truth. Body parts you didn't even know you had will start hurting lol.

Have an extra bone (os) in your foot? Get ready to discover it!

Best part of getting older, I've learned quite a bit about human anatomy. How to interpret MRIs, X-rays, and how to accurately describe pains to my doctors for the most effective diagnoses and treatments.

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Come on! Guys? How have you be treating your body? Like you're 30, don't this arrive during the 20's ?

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I woke up shortly after turning 31 and my shoulders hurt. Then they froze and I couldn't lift them. Then that sorted itself out over the course of six months or so, but now they're in pain every time I lie down any way other than flat on my back, and my hands occasionally go numb while lying in bed.

Of course, I've seen doctors and they just ¯⁠\⁠⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠⁠/⁠¯ "looks fine to us, you're still young lol"

I've been able to mitigate the other pain issues like my back and stuff with stretches and basic exercises. Seriously, fellow "no longer young adults", I cannot stress enough the importance of stretching and basic exercise, doesn't even have to be serious exercise, just take a brisk walk or play some VR while standing up, get your body moving, don't let it calcify.

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

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- Oh, thank you, I'll see whether I can get an appointment scheduled.
  
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32 year old roughneck. I eat pain for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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In addition to the other great ideas, deep tissue massages, stretches, invest in a great mattress and ergonomic furniture.

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Me in my 20s with chronic pain rolling on everything everyday 😁

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I know what fixed my issues but i enjoy carbs and not exercising too much... strict keto eliminated all ny inflammation and pain and exercise gave me the energy I needed and strengthened my joint muscles... problem is my SO makes amazing pizza and they put me on a beta blocker for my POTS and well... yeah, that killed my exercise drive.

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I’m home sick today from migraine :(

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Currently sitting here with neck pain because I accidentally fell asleep on the couch last night.

Relate to this a little too much.

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I sleep better on the couch than in my bed because my mattress is too soft now.

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Wait till you get the revised "you're in your 40s now and even more fucked" version 2.0, two tongues, on a good day.

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Bruh, I'm 21, and this is me... I might need help...

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It is for me

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That's not funny

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