My big toe is screwed up

[Tone2TheBone]

I think your body is starting to piss you off Bobby not us! My stepfather is only 62 years old and he can barely walk! That's from years and years of running marathons, races, this and that, running after work, running at the recreation center etc. He would compete in every marathon or race there was you should see how many T-shirts, ribbons and trophies he's got and look at him now. It pains him to stand up off the couch! He's all screwed up and it's from high impact RUNNING.

 

[Robert]

Don't get me started on this, please.... I don't believe at all that your stepfather have these problems because of running.
Read this -
http://arthritis.webmd.com/features/does-running-cause-arthritis

 

[Tone2TheBone]

Don't get me started on this, please.... I don't believe at all that your stepfather have these problems because of running.
Read this -
http://arthritis.webmd.com/features/does-running-cause-arthritis

Alright...3 sides to every story. Yours, mine and and truth. It's your toe!

 

[oldguy]

There used to be a doctor who lived here in our town. He died when he was in his 90's, I think. He was a skinny guy, about 5'9" tall, and he kept running until maybe a year before he passed away. It used to be said lifting weights would destroy your joints and leave you "muscle-bound", with no range of motion. (I'm talking strength training, not steroid shooting mass building pumpers.)
People who warmed up properly and did stretching exercises and proper cool downs never had such problems, and were actually more flexible and had better joints......... as long as they didn't overdo it. It took years of study and proof before most people would accept that as fact, tho. Many still don't believe it. That seems to follow with any exercise regimen.