If you're falling apart at only 27 you're in real trouble

27 is probably around where you'll start to notice accelerating aging and muscular skeletal pain. Obviously it'll just get worse as you age but 27 isn't unreasonable to start noticing.

When you're 67, pain lingers for so long you forget its original cause.
...if you neglect yourself.

I'm 40 and don't experience any of this because I've remained active and eat well. I only just got into whitewater kayaking as my latest hobby and I doubt I'd have noticed much more of an edge at 27. Even with climbing, I still compete and doubt I'd notice an edge unless I was at the level of a full professional.

I think the aches occur in neglected muscles and skeletons. They'll come for us all one day, but 27? Not good.
- This is heavily dependent on your genetics. It sounds like you’re pretty lucky in addition to taking care of yourself, congrats! I had to take a step back from dancing around 27, because I kept injuring my knees, even with sufficient training, musculature, and recovery time built in. It’s now been several years and I’m okay, but I simply cannot be as active as I want to be (tbf, I was dancing for 14 hours a week, but I had the time and energy for it. I still do, but my knees complain 🤷)
- That's a very condescending and privileged take. You clearly are lucky with genetics. Most people are not. Not feeling at least somewhat limited at 40 is definitely an outlier case and not the norm. Acting like the average person will have your experience is just living in fairytale land.
how do I prevent this? I have plenty of time before I hut this age. I already have back pain though.
- Best thing is to hit the gym for resistance training and eatting healthy. But since you already have back pain go to the doctor first check if everything is ok and only then hit the gym. It will keep your bones and articulation healthy and strong.
- Getting into a daily stretching routine is also really good for keeping things from locking up on you as you age. Do some stretches before working out to prevent injuries and afterwards to prevent muscle soreness.

Try being 37. what was a simple half marathon in your 20s becomes a painful reminder of your physical decline.

Tbf my mom started running 13.1s at 45, get gud.

Not that I've run one ever, to be clear. Fuck all that pass me the bourbon.

Strength exercise helps, I recommend it

What about weakness exercise?
- That one is a bit of an HR emotional abuse so idk, do it at your own peril. Also it won't help your muscles or bones
Every time someone complains about things starting to hurt at age ____ is some unfit and or overweight dude. Strange.
- Buddy, you try humping 175 pounds of gear in a combat zone on the daily and come tell us that again with a straight face. I knew 19 year old kids with back and knee pain.
- That's just most people though, isn't it?
  
  It's a bit messed up that we humans have to exercise just to stay well-functioning, and I don't blame people who don't do that at all.

Then at 40:

"Oof... my hip is killing me..."

"What'd you do?"

"Got out of bed? My fault for laying down in the first place I guess."

If a sneeze hurts you at age 27, you need to hit the fucking gym, homie. 27 is prime age, god damn it.

Disabled people: 💀
I felt so much better when i was 30 than i did in my 20es. I'm pushing 40 and and i'd say i'm in better shape that i have ever been. The main difference is that i do have to stretch and when i fall when mountain biking or skateboarding i don't feel like a rubber ball anymore.

I threw my back out at 27 bending over to tie my shoe. It's a magical age.

I have a theory. Everyone gets about 15 years of hard driving out of their body. So if you start seriously pushing for sports around the age of 12 and then take a physically intensive job you too can be told you're too young for joint and back pain when you're 27.

Sincerely, A child athlete and combat veteran who got told he was too young for knee pain at (checks notes) ... 30.

Note - The VA eventually fell back on the argument they love best. While your knee problems were documented in the Army, they were not documented exactly the way we wanted. So because neither 20 year old you nor the 20 year old medic were psychic we're going to deny this claim.

Wow, I didn't realize the VA was run by United Health.
- Oh United Health has nothing on the VA. The VA literally left veterans with cancer on a waiting list until they died. On purpose.
- they're evil. i know someone who got their house foreclosed because the VA messed up the covid relief paperwork and refused to do anything about it. court was closed the day of their appeal hearing due to weather, so they got evicted for "not showing up in court". oh and this was in the middle of winter with like a foot of snow on the ground

This is why I want to become more machine than man.

I crave the certainty of steel.

1000008812

Brah, you just need to have a rock star attitude about being 27.

I'd like to wish a merry fuck you to the sore on the inside of my mouth that has been a goddamn fire the last few days. Fuck cankersores nothing seems to be touching it.

My wife closed a curtain and had backpain for 2 weeks as a result xD

I got a new job and ended up with backpain for the first 2 months until my body adjusted to it.

Just wait another 15 or 20 years...