There are things you notice about injuries as you get older. They happen more easily. You notice them more. They don't heal as fast.
The worst of these is that they seem to accumulate. This means that each time you over-stress your back muscles, pop your shoulder out or twist your ankle on that lose step, it seems a little more severe.
Our bodies don't heal as rapidly as we age.
Furthermore, they become less resilient and seem to retain a memory of the pain or the injury and fall into it more easily each time. Essentially, like interest on your saving account but much less positive, they become cumulative. A new injury will build on an older one until you're sleeping with a heating pad on your back and an ice pack on your front.
Aside from the risk of pneumonia, this time of build up from incomplete healing can lead to a relatively minor injury turning into something serious. The next time you trip over the lose step, the ankle that has been weakened from repeated wrenching may become sprained or broken. Believe it or not, sprains can actually be worse than breaks, especially in the long-term sense, but neither one is fun and both are expensive.
No one can prevent every injury. If you relegate yourself to sitting in your home wrapped up in cotton you're probably going to die from choking on a bit of fluff. However, there are things you can do to strengthen the insulted members and reduce your risk of re-injuring them.
First, fix the lose step, or at least pay attention to where you're walking. Which is actually very good advice. Be attentive. Not obsessive, not uber-careful, but attentive.
If you know you're prone to stressing your back or that the tennis elbow you got in college sometimes flares up, figure out what causes the problem and take steps to avoid it. Sometimes it is impossible to remove the action entirely from your life, but you can also learn proper body mechanics, which can reduce your chances of over-stressing the problem body part.
At the same time you can exercise to strengthen weak muscles. This doesn't mean feeling the burn in a gym until you can no longer move, but there are body-part specific exercises that can help you to make sure your stomach muscles are supporting your back or that the ligaments working your knees aren't all alone out there.
One caveat comes with the strengthening advice. You will probably feel more pain at first. This is simply a sign that parts of your body are being worked in ways they aren't used to. Within a few days of starting such a regimen - a chiropractor, physiotherapist or other professional can tell you what you need to be doing to strengthen the appropriate body parts - this should stop.
If the pain doesn't stop or gets worse, you need to consult your practitioner. Not all bodies react to everything the same way. But if you take steps to make sure you're supporting formerly injury-prone body parts, you'll be happier and more mobile for time to come.
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