Haha! Yeah, I'm not too upset by it or anything, it's more amusing to me than not tbh. Just kind of weird to 'suddenly' not be able to do stuff I used to be able to do lol
Every morning when I bend over to turn on the water in my bathtub for a shower, I say a small prayer. That small act has taken me out more than any other.
If I don't clench my thighs and pray when I sneeze, I will probably pee myself a little bit. I only noticed this in my late thirties and when I turned 40 😭
I am restarting my 30 day yoga challenge from the beginning because it turns out doing it 5 times a week actually helps with my aches and pains and not doing it for a week is terrible 😞
49 as of Tuesday. I have an emergency brace for each extremity, and I always wear an ankle brace doing anything risky because I landed wrong playing volleyball 25 years ago.
Omg! So sad so true! When my back starts tensing and my nose starts tingling I start pleading! Please no, please don't.
I've trained myself to exhale amap for an incoming sneeze...so it's not a full on explosive sneeze. Helps. Sometimes. 🤷🏼♀️
Also, if you're over 40 and sitting cross-legged on the floor and you turn the wrong way, you can end up having ankle surgery for torn tendons and unstable ligaments with a 6+ month recovery time.
I hope your recovery goes quickly and smoothly! I'm four months out, which I thought was the recovery time, but they did a lot more bone drilling and soft tissue shenanigans than expected. I'm looking at another 2-6 months! 😭
Cry-laughing @ your dad sneezing like he's trying to blow down the 3 little pigs' house. My dad's sneezes are so loud & explosive, just forces of nature, & he never sneezes just 1x. It's this minute long volley of noise, where you just have time to relax before the next explosion trembles the house.
In my tender youth I used to try to contain my sneezes by directing as much of the sneeze's force inward.
Now in my forties, I project my sneezes out into the world with vigorous malice. I scream my sneezes until there's nothing left inside of me.
The kids know the "stop walking and cross legs" and have emulated it. Maybe because of some grand "they learn life from their elders". Maybe because they're rude. Who knows.
I started jiu jitsu in my early 40s, and so I've accepted that I'll be in a little bit of pain every day, instead of risking major pain every time I sneeze or stand up.
It works for me, (plus I get to be dangerous to the untrained).
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“I blinked.”
Aging is just one big indignity!
I've trained myself to exhale amap for an incoming sneeze...so it's not a full on explosive sneeze. Helps. Sometimes. 🤷🏼♀️
Ask me how I know 🙃
Now in my forties, I project my sneezes out into the world with vigorous malice. I scream my sneezes until there's nothing left inside of me.
I feel this post
It works for me, (plus I get to be dangerous to the untrained).