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Post by rocketmanbkk on Jan 6, 2021 6:42:07 GMT
I’m 51 at the end of the month. Closer to death than birth!
A serious question, about knees.
I put in a towel rad yesterday to the house I’m moving into in 4/5 weeks.
In my knees for hours, the pain, even with a mat is unbelievable.
I could hardly walk. I was broken.
The free screwfix mat that had lasted very well & is still in excellent condition doesn’t really help me much anymore.
How are your knees?
Cheers all
Rct
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Knees
Jan 6, 2021 7:26:02 GMT
Post by crowsfoot on Jan 6, 2021 7:26:02 GMT
Knees and Backs are the plumbers foil rocky and they push more plumbers into early retirement than anything else. In my early 20's I was already starting to get knee pain and started to uncomfortably squat down rather than kneel and soon got used to it. These days I tend to fully lay down instead of squating or kneeling down. I wouldn't still kneel down today to do a job but I can still do it if I really had to. To sum it up I've avoided kneeling since my early twenties and as a result my knees aren't too bad for my age (i think) - it's getting back up off the floor that's now becoming a problem   . |
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Jan 6, 2021 7:51:55 GMT
Post by dickpuller on Jan 6, 2021 7:51:55 GMT
Double knee pads in your Elephants ears work trousers. They curve to the shape of your knees.
Walnuts or high Omega 3 in your diet.
When you get in at night, before you take your heavy boots off, sit up on a high stool & swing your legs. That’s the best advice I got from a Doctor👍👍👍
I’m 63 & still working on sites, some days it can be a killer on your knees & I know it’s not easy, but try to keep off them as much as possible. I’m lucky I guess, I drove a desk for about 30 years, stressful, but good for the body!!
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Jan 6, 2021 10:17:37 GMT
Post by tomplum on Jan 6, 2021 10:17:37 GMT
I can only echo what others have said, On a bad day my knee's swell to twice their normal size and for years I took pain killers, diclophenic , they are super good but are dangerous, they can give you stomach problems, So after a while the Doc stopped giving them to me and life becomes hard again, Bikeing has helped me because, I can move the knees and all my weight is off them, I could't do a full days work now, as Tappy says, getting up and down is hard and stairs are a killer, Going upstairs is bearable but coming down is impossible, I turn round and come down stairs backwards,  |
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