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.
A GP Doc isn’t the right person, consider a physiotherapist or orthopedist
Oh, thank you, I’ll see whether I can get an appointment scheduled.
It is for me
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.
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.
You underestimate my unity with my chair.
Hey I’m exceptional at something at last.
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.
If the wheel was emotional pain, I think it would be more appropriate.
Psychic troubles will sooner or later affect the body and might explain what the meme describes.
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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!
it early killed me.
Prophetic typo
Don’t smoke kids
Deep fry them instead?
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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 ?
32 year old roughneck. I eat pain for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Currently sitting here with neck pain because I accidentally fell asleep on the couch last night.
Relate to this a little too much.
I sleep better on the couch than in my bed because my mattress is too soft now.
Me in my 20s with chronic pain rolling on everything everyday 😁
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.
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. 🥲
Vitamin D deficiency can cause all kinds of crazy ass symptoms too.
I’m home sick today from migraine :(
That’s not normal dude.
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.
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.
Personal trainers are awesome. If you can’t afford one:
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find a friend to work out with. Preferably at your same physical level. Look for workouts or support online.
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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.
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.
Yes, Pilates is great! Still need to find a new course for after work (old one is not campatible with my work hours anymore), but at least 34 km on 3 to 4 days by bike is my current workout. Don’t do home office unless you use the time saved for something like Pilates, jogging or other recommandations from above.
Pilates taught me how weak all my smaller stabilizing muscles are
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Lifting heavy discs helped my back and knees but I also fucked my shoulder so. Yay!
Everything hurts in your 30’s!? What kind of rough city-miles have you put on yourself?
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
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.
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.
Gaming, television, and junk food.
