Join Early Retirement Today
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-22-2017, 08:43 PM   #21
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 3,528
I just turned 64 and I have had some aching at the top of one leg and right below the knee on the other leg. It has bothered me some, when I am lying down to go to sleep. I have rubbed Bengay on my legs. I have also noticed that I am not going up the stairs as easily as I used to before this year.

My girlfriend was just diagnosed with bursitis of the hip and she is only 62.

I would say that it is probably a combination of getting a little older and a physical job.
Dreamer is offline   Reply With Quote
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!

Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!

You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!

Old 04-22-2017, 09:00 PM   #22
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
grasshopper's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,464
A little pain reminds me that I am alive.
__________________
For me experiences are not good or bad, just different
grasshopper is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 05:06 AM   #23
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,232
Most likely, the aches are due to BOTH, getting older AND doing physical activities your body is not used to.
I took 10 years away from playing golf, from ages 48-58 I barely ever picked up a club. Before that I would play, walking and carrying my bag, 3-5 times a week, during the season (April-November here).
When I picked the game back up at 58, (I'm 63 now) I went through a myriad of issues. Although I had done a lot of walking, golf course walking is different, so my legs took a little while to catch up. But my golf swinging muscles still aren't what they were at 48.
I went through some pretty serious tennis elbow and "golf" elbow problems in both elbows, a nasty bout of plantar fasciitis in each foot, and issues with knees, hips and wrists.

30 years ago my buddies and I would go on a 4 day golf trip and play 36 holes a day. Now, if I'm walking, I stick to 9 holes. I can play 18, but the last 4 are not really any fun.

I agree that easing into new activities, and doing other "occupational therapies" such as core strength exercises, will help, but I would not expect your body to respond to new physical challenges as it would have a decade ago, let alone 2 or 3 decades ago.
HadEnuff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 07:21 AM   #24
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
street's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,417
Interesting hearing your life story's and what you have learned about your body in doing physical work as we age. The mind says I can and the body wants too but in most cases it is to much for the body to do to much.
street is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 08:06 AM   #25
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Dawg52's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,067
I certainly have more aches and pains at 62 than I did in my 50's. But not complaining as I can still golf and bike. A neighbor who is 3 years older has had knee and hip replacement surgeries. Two days ago had rotator cuff surgery. Nope......I'm not complaining.
__________________
Retired 3/31/2007@52
Investing style: Full time wuss.
Dawg52 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 08:17 AM   #26
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
street's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,417
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg52 View Post
I certainly have more aches and pains at 62 than I did in my 50's. But not complaining as I can still golf and bike. A neighbor who is 3 years older has had knee and hip replacement surgeries. Two days ago had rotator cuff surgery. Nope......I'm not complaining.
Exactly! I feel very fortunate also and not complaining one little bit. lol
street is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 08:58 AM   #27
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Chuckanut's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
Posts: 17,169
One thing I have found is that doing things in the gym is not the same as doing things i real life. I can ride their spin bikes 5x a week, but get me out on my new bike and suddenly some muscles are complaining. Spinning and actually riding a bike on a road or trail apparently do use some muscles differently.

Same with a treadmill and hiking. I can walk the treadmill very often, but get out on a mountain trail and different muscles complain.

Not that the spin bikes and treadmills are not good. They just aren't the same as real life. My 2¢.
__________________
Comparison is the thief of joy

The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
Chuckanut is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 09:09 AM   #28
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
 
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: the prairies
Posts: 5,027
Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerides View Post
Your hiking doesn't prepare your frame or muscles for lots of upper body work that you describe. And since this is a job, you won't have the luxury or waiting a few days to rest those worn out muscles ready for next time. So your recovery will not be ideal. Rest on your day off and it should get easier. And next year if you go back, incorporate some exercises that work the whole body into your regular routine at least a month before you resume work. (not a bad idea to have a bit of that all the time tbh).
You nailed it. Hiking and "active" living will not prepare someone for a physical job. Walking for 3 or 4 hours is entirely different than pushing a wheelbarrow for a day, or digging holes for half a day, or shoveling 20 yards of gravel....and then doing it all again the very next day.
Music Lover is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 09:12 AM   #29
Gone but not forgotten
imoldernu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Peru
Posts: 6,335
No aches or pains to complain about. Just lucky. Have never run, and walk like a duck, so biking has been the "exercise" choice. Beginning to get a little more of a challenge, so don't do hills, and stay away from heavy traffic. With 43 miles of roads at Woodhaven, and virtually no traffic, a perfect way to keep the muscles stretched out without risking life and limb. Hmmm... that said, maybe I should do that.
imoldernu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 01:26 PM   #30
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
street's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,417
imoldernu >>> you are doing well! I wouldn't start or stop what you are doing now.
street is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-23-2017, 08:30 PM   #31
Recycles dryer sheets
Tractor guy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 115
I'm 65 and more sedentary than I should be. This time of year, I start getting outside more, do more walking and more yard work. For the first month, it hurts to get up in the morning. Every year is a little bit harder.

I've found that stretching is a lot more important than it used to be for me. I get a little less flexible every year and lot of what I thought was joint pain is tight tendons. My spouse has dragged me to yoga classes twice a week and that makes a big difference for my lower back, hips and knees. I've found that if I do a thorough routine of stretching at least twice a week, the pain gets much less.

I've also found that you've got to watch the side affects of any medications you might be taking regularly. My doctor did have me on a daily statin because my cholesterol numbers were a little high. I mentioned at my yearly physical that my joints were sore in the morning (which I attributed to old age) and was surprised when he told me that this was a known side affect of statins. After trying a couple of different ones, I finally got him to take me off of them altogether and my pains got much better.
Tractor guy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2017, 04:14 AM   #32
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
 
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 2,232
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tractor guy View Post
I'm 65 and more sedentary than I should be. This time of year, I start getting outside more, do more walking and more yard work. For the first month, it hurts to get up in the morning. Every year is a little bit harder.

I've found that stretching is a lot more important than it used to be for me. I get a little less flexible every year and lot of what I thought was joint pain is tight tendons. My spouse has dragged me to yoga classes twice a week and that makes a big difference for my lower back, hips and knees. I've found that if I do a thorough routine of stretching at least twice a week, the pain gets much less.

I've also found that you've got to watch the side affects of any medications you might be taking regularly. My doctor did have me on a daily statin because my cholesterol numbers were a little high. I mentioned at my yearly physical that my joints were sore in the morning (which I attributed to old age) and was surprised when he told me that this was a known side affect of statins. After trying a couple of different ones, I finally got him to take me off of them altogether and my pains got much better.
excellent point about the statins! I've known several people who have had your experience.
I am not a physician, but I really question the validity of using them to adjust cholesterol numbers that are "a little high".
HadEnuff is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2017, 08:21 AM   #33
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
street's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,417
Very good point about statins. My mother was on them for many years and that was the side affect and can cause permanent damage to muscle and joints. That is what I have been told and read. I'm not on any but my Doc. wanted me to go on them and mine is just a little high. He did leave it up to me but I feel the side affects would be more harm then good. That is my thinking but not sure if that is correct or not.
street is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2017, 08:30 AM   #34
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Nemo2's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 8,368
Thankfully I'm not on any meds, since it appears, with many of them, that the side effects (almost) outweigh whatever benefits are obtained.
__________________
"Exit, pursued by a bear."

The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare
Nemo2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2017, 10:10 AM   #35
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
MRG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 11,078
Quote:
Originally Posted by HadEnuff View Post
excellent point about the statins! I've known several people who have had your experience.
I am not a physician, but I really question the validity of using them to adjust cholesterol numbers that are "a little high".
I had a cardiologist tell me I needed to be on one cause my numbers were a little off. I agreed to talk to my PCP. His response was 'I'll write you a script, but I wouldn't take a statin with the numbers you have".
MRG is offline   Reply With Quote
you hike 100's of miles
Old 04-24-2017, 11:52 AM   #36
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
 
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,838
you hike 100's of miles

you wrote you hike hundreds of miles, hahahahah, its not age, its the hard work, i joined the army at 17, i was in great shape. the first few weeks i was in agony, i think your fine its just a exhausting hard job you have, glad you love it, enjoy ur summer job,
Blue Collar Guy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2017, 04:59 PM   #37
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
mickeyd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: South Texas~29N/98W Just West of Woman Hollering Creek
Posts: 6,671
I've had a sore right leg for 3 months. I must be old or gettin' there.
__________________
Part-Owner of Texas

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. Groucho Marx

In dire need of: faster horses, younger woman, older whiskey, more money.
mickeyd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 04-24-2017, 08:14 PM   #38
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Lsbcal's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: west coast, hi there!
Posts: 8,808
I'm a big believer in phasing into any new activity. That includes boosting the activity to a higher level. One does not want to get an "over use" injury and then have to stop entirely or end up requiring some medical procedure.
Lsbcal is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-02-2017, 12:08 PM   #39
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
ls99's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 6,499
IIRC George Burns had a saying: If I wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, I must be dead.
__________________
There must be moderation in everything, including moderation.
ls99 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-02-2017, 12:25 PM   #40
Moderator Emeritus
W2R's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: New Orleans
Posts: 47,472
Quote:
Originally Posted by ls99 View Post
IIRC George Burns had a saying: If I wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, I must be dead.


Frank and I think it is hilarious that our "aches and pains of aging" are proceeding at about the exact same pace. When we stand up after sitting for a long time, for example, we both make the same faces and stand there for the same amount of time before we feel we can start to walk.

But gosh, even with the aches and pains, life is so much better in our sixties than it ever has been before, for both of us. My heart goes out to those who are both old and poor, and have to work in their old age whether they want to or not.
__________________
Already we are boldly launched upon the deep; but soon we shall be lost in its unshored, harbourless immensities. - - H. Melville, 1851.

Happily retired since 2009, at age 61. Best years of my life by far!
W2R is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
What's your Current Age/Retirement Age/Total working years catccc Young Dreamers 230 02-26-2013 09:21 PM
Retirement age and age discrimination Chuckanut Life after FIRE 28 08-29-2011 10:26 PM
So, do you feel your age? Act your age? Like your age? vickko Life after FIRE 84 04-10-2010 01:47 PM
When you buy a car, what age or age range do you usually buy? cloudeleven Other topics 21 05-27-2008 08:20 AM
I Attribute My Investment Success To... TromboneAl FIRE and Money 40 07-09-2006 10:18 AM

» Quick Links

 
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 08:05 AM.
 
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.