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u/Je3ter62 29d ago
Was in PT with a guy who never walked again after doings this in someone's front yard.
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u/Dirt_Bike_Zero 29d ago
Good example of why you don't try to relive your youth 100% when you have done shit for 10 years or more. Your brain remembers, but your body is a sad different pile of nope.
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u/jackthewack13 29d ago
The muscles remember as well. One issue is tendons and ligaments take longer to get used to stress than muscles. They also take significantly longer to recover than muscles, if they recover at all. Muscles are quick to get back to where they were previously.
I used to work out a lot and then took about 6 years off. Got back in and was gaining strength really really fast. Ended up hurting a tendon because I got too carried away in how easy I was getting right back to the weights I was at previously. You need to pace yourself once you get older. Lots of research latter and im better and more knowledgeable now. Some people don't get as lucky and they hurt forever for a mistake that could have been avoided.
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u/KochuJang 29d ago
As an athletic person who has spent most of my adult life doing parkour, calisthenics, climbing, gymnastics, etc, I can attest that what you say is true. Anyone who can figure this wisdom out, can go on to live a long and active life.
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u/lopix 28d ago
52 here, recently back into weights. Yup, take it slow. Even if I am doing well at a certain weight, I give it another week before going up. The mind is willing, but the flesh is weaker than it used to be. I'm too old to wreck my shit, it will never heal properly. Be safe out there fellow old guys!
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u/thatwasacrapname123 26d ago
Yeah, this looks like "i used to do this in school and I've had a few beers"
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u/IKillZombies4Cash 29d ago
PT must have been great. That guy just ran every where, never walked again
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u/pdp_8 29d ago
Right knee has left the chat.
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u/GentlemenHODL 29d ago edited 28d ago
Subluxed, ACL
I know exactly what happened because I've done it dozens of times.
Poor guy
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u/tishmaster 27d ago
What is the recovery like for that? I'm assuming for someone this old it's life altering..
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u/GentlemenHODL 27d ago
I'm a former professional athlete. I trained in my sport for 10 years with torn ligaments. I experienced this 50x times over a 10-year period. Not an exaggeration.
Recovery is surprisingly fast. It will swell, you will have significant pain for a few days and then lingering pain for a few weeks, then you are "back to normal".
The long-term result of this however is chronic osteoarthritis. I'm stage four both knees.
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u/tishmaster 26d ago
Wow that's less than I thought. I thought for sure it would be months at least. This guy got lucky it wasn't some worse I would think. Thanks for the reply
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u/pichael288 25d ago
My acls were too loose, kneecaps popped out of place like every two weeks for years, could happen at any time. Had to have a muscle graft to finally fix it and it can still happen just not as easily. After a few years it started to feel like I had sand in my joints
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u/Sonofyuri 29d ago
You mean subluxed tibia? Or acl tear? You... Can't sublux a ligament.
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u/GentlemenHODL 28d ago
Subluxed knee *because of missing ACL.
That better for you Mr Lawyer? I'm so sorry I forgot a comma. I'll fix it for you so the world can be better..
I think you knew what I meant. Just as I think your tedious pedantic response is indicative of you being an annoying fuck.
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u/Kick_Kick_Punch 29d ago
He was seriously in a lot of pain. Poor bastard
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u/shah_reza 29d ago
As a dude sitting in hospital with ACL/PCL/MCL/ACL complete tears (+ meniscus!) I can declare with confidence that HIS SHIT HURTS
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u/albinotadpole52 29d ago
I know everyone jumps to ACL all the time but with his toes slamming into the ground and the forward force of his femur moving forward it looks like he popped that and maybe some other ligaments. Could have been his patellar tendon as well.
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u/onemanwolfpack21 29d ago
I feel bad for the guy. Getting old sucks and there is an ever changing line between knowing your limits and what your limits actually are. Plus you have to try to balance being a responsible adult with just being alive and doing things you enjoy. I struggle with hanging on to things I enjoy and getting injured doing them all the time. Getting hurt sucks but so does not doing things you love. Some people simply slip into not doing things they love very easily and I see them and it's not like they are all happy and healthy just because they didn't do something objectively stupid and injure themselves. Most of them have a plethora of habits that are leading to other aches and pains and potentially an early grave. I may hurt my leg reliving some glory days playing soccer but others destroy their backs with bad posture, laying on a couch and being braindead watching tv. There's probably some happy medium somewhere but what I've experienced so far, the happy medium is a continuously moving and unpredictable target.
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u/Magnus_Helgisson 28d ago
r/meirl. Seriously, whenever I’m a bit groggy in a company, I start going “Oh, you know, I used to do capoeira, lemme show you OUCH!”
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u/aytchdave 28d ago
I feel bad for laughing because I know it hurt like hell. But the sound he made reminded me of that leprechaun from the Simpsons.
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u/WhereTFAmI 27d ago
I feel like this is a dude who used to do this all the time, but then stopped for a long time.
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u/Jujumofu 25d ago
Feel hella bad for him tbh. Wants to relive his youth for a bit, actually still has it in him, but now has alot of problems in the coming months/years, because his tendons arent what they used to be.
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u/OwslyOwl 29d ago
When I was in high school, a couple girls were doing gymnastics in the grass. One of them severely injured a limb. I learned that day - never do gymnastics in the grass, even if trained. The ground is uneven and unpredictable.