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[โ€“] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I'm 35 and I can still count on one hand the times I threw out my back. All of them happened when I was a full time trucker and didn't go to the gym.

[โ€“] nathan@piefed.alphapuggle.dev 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I had to do the brakes on my car. Squatted down before even starting to work and promptly threw out my back

I'm 22

[โ€“] tetris11@feddit.uk 6 points 5 days ago

I had to move house and overpacked a lot of boxes with heavy books and tools. My form of "carrying" was to press the box firmly into my stomach and lever the weight onto my back and then hobble like a crippled zombie with the box.

Naturally had no problems doing that for several hours. No, what got me was a month later when a lady asked if I could carry her baby stroller up the stairs. I did it no problem, and then I walked away in tears.

It took 2 weeks to get over the pain, I could barely sleep, and going to the toilet was a chore. I cured myself with a morning door stretch and by twisting back to wipe myself on the toilet. Both fantastic stretches no joke.

[โ€“] diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Some people live their lives without suffering from backpain. Sadly, we are just the unlucky ones ๐Ÿ˜•

[โ€“] Localhorst86@feddit.org 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for attracting all the backpain and keeping my back safe.

[โ€“] diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

ur welcome, o7

[โ€“] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago

We are legion.

[โ€“] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Significantly older and never have had it. I don't do gym, but am fairly active.

My father has gotten to 70 without significant back pain, though he started to get some hip pain a couple years after retirement but started walking and that seems to have gotten better.

Good genes are a nice stroke of luck