If your work and personal life both largely revolve around sitting at a computer, you are at risk of developing knee cartilage issues if the shock absorbing muscles in your thighs atrophy too much. Ask your PCP for some stretching exercises, I think even just doing them every other day can help. - ThreadSky

dryad.technology • 3 days ago

If your work and personal life both largely revolve around sitting at a computer, you are at risk of developing knee cartilage issues if the shock absorbing muscles in your thighs atrophy too much. Ask your PCP for some stretching exercises, I think even just doing them every other day can help.

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chiposur.bsky.social•3 days ago

Something that most can do that is really great is body weight squats, I do them “pistol” (one-legged) every day and it completely eliminated my knee pain as it strengthened my quads, hamstrings and glutes and toughened up the tendons

boleteful.bsky.social•3 days ago

There's lots of good single leg exercises you can do with just a kettlebell or a dumbbell.

chadloder.bsky.social•3 days ago

this is me right now

dryad.technology•3 days ago

Sorry about that.

In my experience getting on even a simple regular stretching regimen will freeze the damage from getting any worse & regular stretching + some sort of regularly scheduled leg exercise (half an hour of lazy biking twice a week is enough for me) even alleviates some of the symptoms

themilfmag.net•3 days ago

so ur saying i gotta do squats

dryad.technology•3 days ago

I think? jogging also helps, but you need to do it BEFORE the cartilage starts degrading because afterward jogging on concrete becomes a source of shocks. Biking and swimming also are good but biking can be situationally hard to do at cardio speeds and swimming ofc requires water. I am not a doctor.

8dx.bsky.social•3 days ago

Walk. At any point in life, unless you have a standing/walking job or injury, regular walks around the neighbourhood are excellent, low risk, low effort exercise. An hour a day or a few hours three times a week are lifesaving.

dryad.technology•3 days ago

Yes, I didn't realize how much I was messing myself up by changing my commute to car instead of transit

beepbeepamsheep.bsky.social•3 days ago

ty for the advice, I'm nearing 27 and dreading finding out which other parts of me need maintenance they're not getting

dryad.technology•3 days ago

i guess one piece of abstracter secondary advice is that doctors see a lot of people, and they see you only for a few minutes and know only what you tell them and what's written on the paper in front of them, and sometimes they need a fair amount of prodding before they give the good advice

beepbeepamsheep.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thank you slime from the internet

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