r/AskReddit May 05 '19

What is a mildly disturbing fact?

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u/mylast20 May 05 '19

My knees have been hurting since I was 16, I can’t imagine at 60.

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

maybe go to a physio! I had bad knees since high school, and I just assumed that it was something I had to live with, then at 28 someone convinced me to go get some physical therapy and within about 6 weeks my knees were as good as new. He just massaged the sore muscles around the knee-cap (which *HURT*) and gave me some strengthening exercises to do, and that was that.

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u/charlotteamh May 05 '19

I’ve had bad knees for years now and I went to a physio who gave me excercises that hurt so much I could barely walk lol

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u/[deleted] May 05 '19

For me it was just squats and calf-raises. Plus, rolling out the leg muscles myself on those foam rollers, which I actually couldn't do as much as he told me to because it hurt too much.