I’m going to play drums tonight instead of playing ball.
My knees have been in pain for a while, from just playing way too often. I have 55 year-old knees, and they have been through a lot over the years, so I need to be a little more patient with them now. I think most of the damage came from skydiving years ago, as I was a swooper, and had a lot of hard landings. I take many supplements for the pain, and to keep our joints working well, but nothing beats rest. HVAC maintenance and service calls have been our work for the last few years, and I use my knees a lot when I am now working. Sometimes I have to squat and bend over for minutes, so my knees and back can go through a lot of strain on a tied-up workday. I try not to take pain pills when now working a lot for the local supplier because too many pills is a lot of work for the kidneys and liver. I will try to explore more natural pain relievers, like turmeric, when I’m feeling pain, so that my liver and kidneys don’t get overloaded. Next week, I am installing a whole home air cleaner in an apartment that is on an upper floor, without an elevator, so I am going to have to carry it up all those flights of stairs by myself. This is another reason that I am resting our knees and back more this weekend. I should be good in a couple days.