Exercise helps reduce pain in old age DOH!

Iceman · Post by **Iceman** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:08 pm

Interesting but note that they are speaking of roughly 1 to 5 hours of exercise per day. I can barely find time for 30 minutes myuself ...

Received from a Fried wrote: People who exercise regularly experience 25% less muscle and joint pain in their old age than people who are less active. Research published in Arthritis Research & Therapy reveals that people who regularly participate in brisk aerobic exercise, such as running, experience less pain than non-runners even though they are more likely to suffer from pain from injuries.
Bonnie Bruce and colleagues from Stanford University, USA, compared the level of pain in a group of runners and a group of community-based individuals who acted as controls. Participants were followed for 14 years, and were on average in their mid-sixties when the study started. Each year, they completed a questionnaire about their health status, exercise habits and history of injuries. In total, the study included 866 subjects: 492 Runners' Association members and 374 controls.

Bruce et al.'s results show that the greater majority of physically active participants did, on average, between 355 and 2,119 minutes of exercise per week over the course of the study, while controls exercised significantly less. After adjusting for confounding factors such as gender, age, weight and health status the results show that pain increased in both groups over time. But members of the Runners' Association experienced 25% less musculoskeletal pain than controls. This reduction persisted throughout the study period, until the subjects reached an age of 62 to 76 years.

"Exercise was associated with a substantial and significant reduction in pain even [â?¦] despite the fact that fractures, a significant predictor of pain, were slightly more common among runners", conclude the authors.

More research is needed to investigate the mechanisms that might underlie the effect of exercise on musculoskeletal pain in old age.

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:53 pm

Exercise is my religion.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 6:59 pm

will_kill wrote:Exercise is my religion.

I'm an exercise atheist

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 7:06 pm

Running is actually pretty bad for you. Your lower body just isn't designed to withstand the constant pounding. Given that we're onyl designed to last 35 years (if that!) it's a miracle we can survive to beyond a hundred.

Personally though, I intend living for around 200,000 years - and maybe more, if I don't get too bored. If the universe turns out to be really exciting, I might come back to watch the sun vapourise the Earth when it turns Red Giant.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:17 pm

Mobius wrote:Running is actually pretty bad for you. Your lower body just isn't designed to withstand the constant pounding. Given that we're onyl designed to last 35 years (if that!) it's a miracle we can survive to beyond a hundred.

Personally though, I intend living for around 200,000 years - and maybe more, if I don't get too bored. If the universe turns out to be really exciting, I might come back to watch the sun vapourise the Earth when it turns Red Giant.

God help us if Mobius lives that long. On the other hand do you think in 200,000 years he might actually find a clue?

Behemoth · Post by **Behemoth** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:21 pm

And were just NOW finding this out?!?!

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:22 pm

wow 200,000 years?

you must be some kinda being from Mt. Shasta or something.

akula65 · Post by **akula65** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:23 pm

I can't imagine running for an hour every day. I started riding a stationary bicycle for 30 minutes every day in June 2004, and that is quite enough aerobic exercise for me. I lost forty pounds, and a nagging pain in my lower back has disappeared.

And I plan to live even longer than Mobi....

roid · Post by **roid** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:24 pm

hmm... i know that impact (ie: like from running, or sparring) makes your bones stronger*. but i havn't heard of it helping ARTHERITIS before - that's the joints.

*cats have mega strong bones because they purr, the purring rattles the bones around encouraging them to become more dense. ask your local physiotherapist about why they use ultrasound to help repair bone and cartilage damage.

XSabre · Post by **XSabre** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:44 pm

For the past few years in highschool i was doing cross country and track. The first year i did this i obviously didnt have good technique or running form, and i got injured once near the end of a season. From then on i worked on that and avoided things such as stomping when running downhill. I havent got shin splints ever again after my first year either. Of course, some good running shoes help in that area as well.

On average i ran an hour and a half a day or so. Running has helped me a great deal, in terms of leg strength and getting the exercise i need. I also noticed i felt a lot more energetic and didnt get as sick as i usually did before i started running. Man, i need to start running again, since college started i havent really had the time.

Sarge · Post by **Sarge** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 10:48 am

Top Gun wrote:
will_kill wrote:Exercise is my religion.
I'm an exercise atheist

Are you sure he didn't mean 'Ex0rcize'?

heh

Kiran · Post by **Kiran** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 12:05 pm

Exercising is my favorite pastime.

Guess what I love to do...
Running!
Jogging is my second favorite. It's too bad my ankle was injured enough to the point that it can go out on me anytime I was walking/jogging/running/w/e. I like to do about 45 minutes to a total of 2 hrs of jogging a day, say about 45 mins of jogging in the morning and maybe, if I have time, an hour of jogging or walking in the evening. The area I live in is quite hilly so I do get resistance in my jogs.

I have one advice to give... don't walk in high heel shoes! Not because it hurts so darn much after the walk, but it can mess up your ankles and knees too!

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:00 pm

Kiran wrote:don't walk in high heel shoes! Not because it hurts so darn much after the walk, but it can mess up your ankles and knees too!

Hey, I like looking at the se><y ladies in se><y high heels!

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:09 pm

Edited by Pun: Contribute something to the thread or STFU. I'm getting tired of every f**king thread turning into a "let's bash Mobius" party.

Im sorry Pun.

SilverFJ · Post by **SilverFJ** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:22 pm

i cage fight and gravel wrestle and head bang

Kiran · Post by **Kiran** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:11 pm

Richard Cranium wrote:
Kiran wrote:don't walk in high heel shoes! Not because it hurts so darn much after the walk, but it can mess up your ankles and knees too!
Hey, I like looking at the se><y ladies in se><y high heels!

Go to cities or clubs. Plenty of ladies wearing high heels there.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 3:40 pm

Mobius wrote:Running is actually pretty bad for you. Your lower body just isn't designed to withstand the constant pounding.

Speaking as someone that regularly walks his dog a mile and a half, and later bike rides an additional 3 miles every night....I can honestly say thats bull.

My legs are in top shape. Running is only harmful if you do it wrong, or do it excessively.

Given that we're onyl designed to last 35 years (if that!) it's a miracle we can survive to beyond a hundred.

And thats where you're really wrong. If this were back in the 1500's, I'd semi-agree with you. Conditions were vastly different back then. The weather was quite a bit cooler, and they had ★■◆● for medicine. Tack that on with ignorance of how you got sick, and you'll have a very low life expentancy. Now you have people living well into their 80's and 90's, which is well on its way to becoming the norm.

Personally though, I intend living for around 200,000 years - and maybe more, if I don't get too bored. If the universe turns out to be really exciting, I might come back to watch the sun vapourise the Earth when it turns Red Giant.

Ok, do me a favor and say hi to the cockroaches from Joe's Apartment for me.

Mr. Perfect · Post by **Mr. Perfect** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:54 pm

I think Mobi's talking about joint health and the like. Talk to any 40+ person and you're likely to hear about knees that are going to hell in a handbasket through normal wear and tear. You might live to 80, but you certaintly will not be doing what you could at 20.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 5:59 pm

Dude, theres an elderly couple (talking in their 60's/70's that live right across the way from me that walk all the time, and have been regularly walking all their lives.

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:44 pm

SilverFJ wrote:i cage fight and gravel wrestle and head bang

I'd like to get in on some o' that action!Where u @?

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 8:49 pm

Mr. Perfect wrote:I think Mobi's talking about joint health and the like. Talk to any 40+ person and you're likely to hear about knees that are going to hell in a handbasket through normal wear and tear. You might live to 80, but you certaintly will not be doing what you could at 20.

Yeh..and he's also referring to people who overdo it when exercising and then wonder why they can't make substantial gains, your body is just like your car engine, treat it right and it'll last a while, rag it out and it's done in under 70k, sometimes sooner

....oh, and Mr. Perfect..I will be doing the same things at 80 that I did at 20...just a lil' slower