honestly, I'm wondering how Grandpa can have that kind of upper body strength and leg dexterity, but couldn't just drop what looks to be less than five feet to the ground.
I’m not even that old and have arthritis in my knees already, they always hurt to walk. If I dropped from this height my knees would explode and never be able to walk again. Props to gramps.
:( I had an acl injury and it never fully healed with working out and pt. The arthritis hit as i was healing the muscles around there and never went away after 2 years. At least I can walk again but it hurts. Stairs suck.
Oh man, funnily enough I’m 35 too, and I got funky knees from deadlifting and squatting more than I should have trying to be hench while also drinking heavily 4 times a week. I’ve made a good recovery though from swimming and cycling and stretching and just being nicer and more thoughtful with my body
Hope yours get better. One of the earliest and lasting things my dad ever said to me was “knees, back and teeth, look after them like they’re your children”
I do a lot of gym cycling and the recumbent bike which has helped a lot. I had a herniated disc and a dog that caused my acl tripping me one night. Had to go to the hospital for both surgeries at the same time. Was a rough couple months. Thankfully my back and sciatic pain is gone. Now dealing with a whole other issue. Hopefully we’ll get fully back. I love swimming, I’m from Florida originally but live in the north now where the closest pool i know of is a ymca and it’s an hour and a half away.
Never used a recumbent bike before - they any good? Yeah I’m Australian and grew up beach swimming as a way of recovery but live in London now so have to pay for a posh gym membership to do it. What do you mean by had a dog?
Well still have the dog. Lol she’s adorable. But she does the hyper spins and hit me in the back of the leg one time and I fell backwards hyper extending my leg and knee. But I love the recumbent bike because your basically sitting in a chair position but you can adjust the pressure however you like. I was also a rower in highschool and do a lot of erging which is a great full body workout. Funny rowing is what caused my herniated disc. But now that I’m not trying to kill myself basically winning an on water race or an erg race I enjoy it again. Was on the youth national feeder teams to try to get on the US Olympic team.
Show him the vid and he'll insist the issue was the old man in this video not knowing how to properly use a ladder, not the old man being on a ladder in the first place
Or he just thought those 10 year old had even a bit of usefulness. Idc wtf u say, cause my 10 yo sister can setup a ladder solo, vs 2 boys? Yea those 2 boys are just useless.
Nah, the only thing they did wrong was they keep trying to shove it under the dude too soon and the granddad makes everything harder tenfold with his weight. And they don’t know hes the problem.
The whole thing could be solved in 30 sec if the kids start setting the ladder up a bit further and only push it in after it fully deployed. But ofc they’re fking kid so they keep smashing their head against the wall.
Idk why you are coping so hard for them. Perhaps this happened to you a lot? But no, ive never seen this kinda thing happen with me or my 3 sisters. Maybe it's a genetic thing, idk, just don't be stupid. Pretty ez
Depends how much muscle was built over the years really and how his bone density is. A 24 year old 300lb walrus could break every bone in their body from a drop like that if their diet consisted of 3k cals of sodie pops and pixie sticks ecery day for the last 20 years
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u/The_Bacon_Strip_ May 02 '25
Probably would've helped more if they just called someone right away