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Tendons. Once beautiful, stretchy creatures that probably now resemble a curmudgeon being asked to be nice to a neighbor. Been playing soccer with my soccer m

Tendons. Once beautiful, stretchy creatures that probably now resemble a curmudgeon being asked to be nice to a neighbor. Been playing soccer with my soccer mad 8 yr old. I too was that guy. Brings me back and I am so much better at technique now but boy oh boy does my hip and lower back hurt the next day!!!

jacquesm 4y ago
There is a funny Dutch song called 'you're getting older dad' that has this passage in it: "I'm still winning at pong, but it costs him little trouble and me more and more..."
dehrmann 4y ago
> lower back hurt the next day "Next day" makes me think it's just DOMS.
- RHSman2 4y ago
  My MRI on my hip and lower lumbar would tell you other wise.
  - dehrmann 4y ago
    Back MRIs are weird. You'll get people with herniated discs with no symptoms and people with clean MRIs in pain. And of course, people experiencing pain that the MRI finds the cause of. It's also possible to have two sources of pain. It could be DOMS plus a herniated disc. I'm mostly pointing this out because "back pain" has scary connotations, any sort of pain gets them worried, even if it's just DOMS.
    - RHSman2 4y ago
      It’s a inflamed joint creating sciatic nerve ‘irritation’ and Some disc compression. And some DOMS :)
rramadass 4y ago
One of my favourite stories is "A piece of Steak" by Jack London. It is about an old boxer who must win against a younger boxer to feed himself and his family but eventually loses because "Youth will be served" - https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PieSte.shtml https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PieSte.sht... Some quotes: It was to be expected. It was the way of Youth, expending its splendor and excellence in wild insurgence and furious onslaught, overwhelming opposition with its own unlimited glory of strength and desire. And Tom King patiently endured. He knew his business, and he knew Youth now that Youth was no longer his. There was nothing to do till the other lost some of his steam, was his thought, Sandel must foam the froth of Youth away before discreet Age could dare to retaliate. He grinned with a certain wistful pathos in his ring-battered countenance, and went on cherishing his strength with the jealousy of which only Age is capable. Sandel was Youth, and he threw his strength away with the munificent abandon of Youth. But that was the trouble. Sandel would never become a world champion. He lacked the wisdom, and the only way for him to get it was to buy it with Youth; and when wisdom was his, Youth would have been spent in buying it. Yet he looked upon the fight as his. It was impossible that a man so punished could rise. Only Youth could rise, and Sandel rose.
- RHSman2 4y ago
  He knew Youth now that it was no longer his. Brilliant.

jacquesm 4y ago

There is a funny Dutch song called 'you're getting older dad' that has this passage in it: "I'm still winning at pong, but it costs him little trouble and me more and more..."

dehrmann 4y ago

> lower back hurt the next day "Next day" makes me think it's just DOMS.

RHSman2 4y ago
My MRI on my hip and lower lumbar would tell you other wise.
- dehrmann 4y ago
  Back MRIs are weird. You'll get people with herniated discs with no symptoms and people with clean MRIs in pain. And of course, people experiencing pain that the MRI finds the cause of. It's also possible to have two sources of pain. It could be DOMS plus a herniated disc. I'm mostly pointing this out because "back pain" has scary connotations, any sort of pain gets them worried, even if it's just DOMS.
  - RHSman2 4y ago
    It’s a inflamed joint creating sciatic nerve ‘irritation’ and Some disc compression. And some DOMS :)

rramadass 4y ago

One of my favourite stories is "A piece of Steak" by Jack London. It is about an old boxer who must win against a younger boxer to feed himself and his family but eventually loses because "Youth will be served" - https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PieSte.shtml https://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/PieSte.sht... Some quotes: It was to be expected. It was the way of Youth, expending its splendor and excellence in wild insurgence and furious onslaught, overwhelming opposition with its own unlimited glory of strength and desire. And Tom King patiently endured. He knew his business, and he knew Youth now that Youth was no longer his. There was nothing to do till the other lost some of his steam, was his thought, Sandel must foam the froth of Youth away before discreet Age could dare to retaliate. He grinned with a certain wistful pathos in his ring-battered countenance, and went on cherishing his strength with the jealousy of which only Age is capable. Sandel was Youth, and he threw his strength away with the munificent abandon of Youth. But that was the trouble. Sandel would never become a world champion. He lacked the wisdom, and the only way for him to get it was to buy it with Youth; and when wisdom was his, Youth would have been spent in buying it. Yet he looked upon the fight as his. It was impossible that a man so punished could rise. Only Youth could rise, and Sandel rose.

RHSman2 4y ago
He knew Youth now that it was no longer his. Brilliant.