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(6,110 posts)Never OVER-EXERT any muscles when one gets older than 50.
Because body does not bounce back and heal like we did at age 20.
I had hip joint pain at age 55. I figured I was a candidate for joint replacement.
I also had high blood pressure at 55, so I ended up retiring at age 57.
Health is 100 times more important to me than accumulating money.
To kill time, I took up walking on golf course playing 9 holes.
Golf to me is the least boring exercise.
To make long story short, in a couple of years, I was playing 5 rounds a week of 18.
That is walking 30 miles in a week, pushing the golf cart.
My hip joint pain went away and blood pressure dropped closer to normal.
And chest pains after a good meal of steak went away!
I quit golf at age 76 after moving to Florida. Too hot here and expensive to play golf here.
So now it is treadmill.
In summary, take it slow, but just keep at it. Everything will get better with persistence.