Originally Posted by
rider313
ah oh.
I am 21 years of age and have a laundry list of injuries. My right knee doesn't fair off that well. Torn Acl I have yet to get fixed and last summer when my femur broke I also broke a peice of my knee cap off. None of that bothers me as much as my ankle does which I shattered back in 07. So a total count of metal in me 23 stainless screws and three steel plates in my left ankle and 3 titanium screws holding a 18" rod inside my right femur.
Gosh am I going to hate being old.
good thing I am focusing on RC racing now and gave up motocross.
Wow, that's an impressive resume'.
Yes - you are going to feel it when you hit around 45ish, but you have plenty of years left before that.
I think most active guys are the same when they get older. It all starts catching up with you around 40 - 45 (about the same time the beer gut and love handles automatically appear
).
I spent a lot of my younger years playing rugby, then the last 30 odd years playing golf 3+ times a week (up until 18 months ago when I knocked that back considerably). Besides a slightly cranky back from the golf and heavy lifting etc at work, I am most of the time pretty much pain free at 53 years young, which I attribute to having regular chiropractic care over all those years. I think without that regular attention to keeping the spine, hips and pelvis all aligned I would now be in serious trouble.
Lucky RC car racing doesn't involve too much agility (only marshalling and tipping back a brew after the event
).