The article hit home for me, since I injured my left knee in June. I was rehabbing pretty good, to the point where I could do exercise bike and leg work, includ

The article hit home for me, since I injured my left knee in June. I was rehabbing pretty good, to the point where I could do exercise bike and leg work, including light squats. I was set to try a fast walk or slow run in a week, and I could still do yard work. Then last week I reinjured the knee mowing the lawn (if the mower sticks on turf, don't try to force it), and tweaked it again over the weekend (just reaching down to pull a damn weed!). It feels like the meniscus tear I had years ago in the other knee, or it might be an MCL sprain. No instability, just discomfort walking. I've concluded that yard work is more dangerous than strength training or running, particularly if you're stupid. I saw a lot of comments about squats. I gave up power lifting after college, and just do higher reps/lower resistance stuff, and a lot of variety. But when I had a meniscus tear in my other knee, the orthopedist told me I didn't need to go all the way down to parallel to get the strength benefits for the quads - just 45 degrees was enough. Since I'm in my late 60s, I probably should be a little careful anyway. Suggestions are welcome. The point of the original article about disability hitting everyone was the big takeaway. Suddenly I have to think about hiring someone to mow the lawn and do yard work for a while. I can still get to the grocery store, but what if the injury had been worse and I couldn't? For me this will probably resolve itself in a while, but for some people disabilities are permanent. Injuries are humbling, and an opportunity for us to gain empathy for others. Sometimes when you can't do some things it helps you appreciate the things you can do. So the time I would have spent running or working in the yard gets spent reading or doing math, or doing different kinds of strength work. Doors close, doors open - do what you can.