Recently I was pulling a heavy post out of the ground.
Five minutes later, I had flashes in my vision, and it turned out I had PVD. One doc thought it was coincidence, another, no.
Although not serious, I will probably have annoying floaters in my vision for the rest of my life.
I hurt my knee in January in a kayak entry malfunction. I thought for a while that it would never get better (I was wrong, happily).
I'm wondering whether at this age, the injuries that we have a greater likelihood of being permanent. It makes us more like animals, perhaps (if a leopard breaks his leg, it's a death sentence, so he's extra careful).
Perhaps we have to give more thought to things like pulling heavy posts out of the ground.