To wonder what's normal re pain or health issues over 50?

[UncertainWife]

As of recently (early 50s) I have lots of things gone wrong, hip arthritis, lower back pain, shoulder pain, and some new stomach issues, but most of my friends in their early 50s seem fine with no health problems at all.

I'm quite shocked at how rapidly my health and mobility has gone downhill. I eat well, am good BMI, before my hip went wrong I took regular walks each day.

If you're over 50, are you fully healthy and in good working order? Or are bits of you starting to 'go'?!

Is it just a lottery? I did all the advised things, diet, exercise, no alcohol, good sleep, but I am falling apart much more than my boozy friends who eat a lot of rich food! And am in worse health than my smoker husband!

I feel that way too. Aches and pains all the time.

I’m 52 and feel no different to when I was young. I am trying to think of similar aged friends with health conditions. One had shingles recently which she said made her feel old, but that’s it.

It’s just luck, I think.

DH and I both had a shock in our mid 40s. Neck arthritis, rotator cuff, tennis elbow, aching hips...

We hadn't felt middle aged up til then but OMG we do now.

I’m lucky at 59 to have no health problems at all.
i get a few aches and pains after a night out but other than that I’m absolutely fine.

But I’m also lucky enough to have both parents still around so maybe it’s good genes and luck

Enjoy it while it lasts (and long may it last for you and your friends). But seriously, make the most of it, go on lots of walks or dance, or whatever you like doing, and do all the stuff!

My body was ok until just before I turned 53 and am so shocked by it letting me down like this!

Menopause doesn't help. Are you taking HRT? I found it was like hitting a brick wall. Just started HRT and I already feel a bit better. I've also started weight training too, so that's interesting! I'm 56.

What sort of exercise did you do previously? What happened at 53 that things changed so suddenly? Apologies for all the ??, don't feel you have to answer if you find them intrusive.

I am 53 and in good health. No aches or pains..I think it may be partly genetic.

Mid 50's here and reasonable health but niggles since 50 have got more serious.
I'd say most of my friends of similar age have at least one serious brush with health stuff, but in overall decent shape. Quite a few with cancer (all treated and doing well)

53, developed an on and off pain in one hip last year, seems worse after sitting for long spells so I walk a lot. Definitely stiffer than I used to be when bending down to pick something up or put my shoes on but that’s about it.

Age 42 it all started to go wrong.

Tennis elbow, then insertional achilles tendinitis, then prolapses, every virus possible, then peri meno.

I've constantly got something that hurts. Until all this I ran half marathons, lifted weights and had a healthier diet than about 90% of the country!

At 47 I've stopped wondering what is next and just assume that something else will keep going wrong!!

I'm 67 and no aches and pains, I walk quite a lot, also in good general health but I do have to wear partial dentures because of tooth loss from gum disease and have had two basal cell carcinomas removed so it's not all good just different things wrong.

Bit more injury prone but then I play a high impact team sport....I also need to do the required strength training and stretch/mobility bits but find that hard to fit in so not helping myself in terms of staving off injury. Tore my rotator cuff being on idiot in too big surf, hamstring tear playing hockey and calf tear (also hockey, but actually that was just before I turned 50). General stiffness and loosing flexibility (too much desk based work) and my recovery time is longer.....
Apart from the obvious things to take care of yourself some of it is genetics/luck/longer term environmental things.....

Vit d3 helps aches and pains. Plus yoga.

Try that but seek a physio for anything that persists.

I do think things start to decline in the fifties.

Think about it, everything you have is 50 years old, lots of stuff would have worn out by then

I am age late 50s. I had many health issues when age 29-32. Am much better now.

I’ve been to the physio this afternoon with hip pain - diagnosed with Bursitis. Is bloody painful sitting or lying down, fine moving about, bizarre!
Sent home with a load of exercises, told not to stand on one leg favouring the ‘good’ one, pillow between legs if lying on side, keep knees below hips if sitting.

I'm a bit stiff sometimes with the odd ache or two, but nothing that really affects me. I have lower back pain - but I've had that since my late twenties. I rarely visit the GP, but did recently due to elevated BP, so I've had lots of various tests to see if there was a cause, and they all came back fine. I do have gallstones, but have had them for 20 years so no change there. I'm 65. I've never been a patient in hospital - my DM had her first stay at the age of 76.

I could have written your post.
52, I don't smoke or drink, eat healthily and try to walk as often as I can but my body is still going to shit.

Almost 62 and no niggles or pains. I have 3 tablespoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil a day for my dryish skin and because it makes my hair really soft - it contains Vits A C E and K - also because it's believed to be anti-inflammatory. Whether it keeps arthritis at bay I can't prove but so far so good. I have, however, just been diagnosed with COPD but that's my fault for smoking for 40 + years. I'm now working on quitting.

53, eat well, exercise regularly, don't drink or smoke. On my 3rd cancer in 14 months. What's going, is my brain from stress!

72 and feel fine. Hypertension is controlled, no other problems at the moment.

I make noises getting up off the sofa ? Seriously though, I am mid 50's do no exercise, am very obese, spend a lot of the day sitting , but generally speaking don't have any aches and pains, bit stiff when I first get up, but no pain that I would take pain killers for and I am rarely ill.
However I do know that I am also a ticking time bomb, so need to get my arse in gear and make more effort to get fitter and a lot less fat !

I could have written your post at 39. Turns out it was premature menopause. HRT helped lots.

53 and no health issues. DH 55 no health issues. Can't think of any friends our age with any health issues either though my friends seem to get sick a lot more than we do with coughs, colds etc. We eat very healthily, treat the rare colds we get with natural remedies, don't take antibiotics or medications (aside from me taking GLP for weight loss - lost 2 stone, 1 to go). I watched both my parents go downhill fast when they started taking prescription meds. One seemed to lead to side affects that lead to another until they were on upwards of 10 different drugs. Are you taking meds that might be causing side affects? DMs arthritis started after she started taking medications for high blood pressure, heart etc.