Lol 30 and you're faking knee problems. Perhaps consider standing up like once day.
this post was submitted on 18 May 2025
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I’m pushing 40 and my knees are just fine. My esophageal sphincter on the other hand is very angryface. Omeprazole helps but it’s very much thrown in the towel.
Ugh, kill me.
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My knees and I have a love/hate relationship. They loved me for about 20 years and I hated on them so much that they no longer work
37 here, my knees are great. Sprained my ankle back for the very first time back in November in my kickboxing class and I'm starting to fear I've done permanent damage.
It gets worse. Take care of your body
Do you guys like, not walk? I'm not exactly skinny and mine are fine close to 40.
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You should go to the doctor if you have knee problems that early
I think the issue is that if you had injuries at younger age, those injuries become inflamed again as you become older. There are athletes who said their injuries become inflamed again when they hit 30's. There are also soldiers who passed away after their old wounds became a problem again at old age. The body just can't keep up repairing itself anymore.
However, old injuries isn't just the only explanation. If one have hardly been sporty or did labour intensive jobs at younger age and feeling pain on the knees, it could be genetics. If not, then it is something entirely within the person's control: overweight. I have friends who gained weight tremendously over the years even though we are only in our early 30's. One of my friends could hardly walk for long at a pretty short distance. I reckon it is because they work from home and don't do any exercise (some of them became too jaded and insecure over the years to go to gym), while I and my other friend work on-site so we have more physically demanding jobs and we still do exercise.
I think bones also scale up if you are overweight at a young age. My knee bone is almost twice the size of my buddy's despite being close to the same height. I bet if he'd weigh the same as me those knees would be in trouble. Mine are doing fine tho.
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OK I chuckled but real talk: knee trouble in your 30s isn’t normal and shouldn’t be treated as normal
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I’m 38 and my knees bend fine, they just make more noises now than they used to.
Same. It satisfies my craving for popping bubble plast. More environmentally friendly too. Win/win.
Oh hey, it’s actually my 30th birthday today. I feel this.
Happy B-day!
It's coming for me in a couple months. I was out dancing Friday night, and then did some disc golf wand walking all over town yesterday and my legs are absolutely killing me today
I got a little heavier with beer and tried running again and my knee hates it. Gotta start doing other things that’s not cardio to get my knee back up to shape so I can get back in shape!
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Far better for your knees to go than your back. One can be replaced, the other you just get to live with.
I lost my knees at the ripe ol' age of 14. Was playing racquetball at the Y, pivoted and it just hurt like a son of a bitch. Turned out I have a cartilage deficiency specifically in my knees as well as ton of damage from falling on them while rollerblading without protection, so kneeling on or doing anything that involves rigorous bending of my knees is out of the question.
"And that's why I have to decline your full Catholic mass wedding, sorry."
I'm 30 and my body feels better than when I was 20. Looking after myself alot better now.
Looking after myself alot better now.
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just a reminder that most people bodies do not degrade. they just stop using them as much as they did when they were younger. the human body is surprisingly resilient to breaking down with regular upkeep. Motion is lotion
Knees are somehow better than they were in my 20s. My back however is killing me.
Turned thirty, and all my childhood injuries came back. My ankle keeps me up at night. Getting old sucks.
46 here, knees are fine, digestive system on the other hand....
Posted by someone who has not hit 30 yet.
Nah bro, I'm past the big 3-0. My knees are still good (though I've got plenty of other aches and pains to make me feel ancient), but I've got friends already complaining. We're all getting old and decrepit. Big RIP to youth 😔
I stood up from the toilet once and my knee popped and kind of hurt, now every once in a while my knee hurts if I stand up too straight
You can do some sport. That helps. At least at 30.
Until you sport too much and get an injury, and then it's just a chain reaction of things breaking down because you can't exercise them like you used to.
Yeah it's a terrible feeling giving up a sport bc it's too hard on ya. Like I really love Judo but I just can't throw myself at the floor repeatedly any more. But I might be able to do Aikido or low-contact Karate (or just strength training which is what I chose). The trick is knowing when to move on, and it's a tough decision.
Aikido will not over extend your joints, if you have trouble with even safe falls I can't imagine the instructor would require you to do them.
I'd say workout, yoga, lift heavy thing.
Sports only if you actually enjoy them. Most people I know heavily into sports get injured and some of injuries do not heal back to 100% ever.
+1 for yoga. Stretching is just as important, but so many people completely neglect it
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This here! You want "low impact" activity that keeps the supporting muscles strong