The moon on my run this morning! It was 10x more impressive in person. My phone never takes good phone pics. I think I also saw some shooting stars, but I might have been hallucinating.
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I’ve been trying to get pics of this Super Moon too - NEVER do my pics even come close to looking like what I’m seeing - yours is a decent effort! I’m hoping tonight the sky is clear…
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I know it. In real life it seems 3-5x as big as the picture shows. I just don’t get it!!! You’ll just have to take my word that it was ginormous, lol.
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It’s a Super Blue Moon tonight! I’m at an outside concert so hoping to enjoy the moon as well!
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Back to fitness/wellness in a moment…
Here was my shot Saturday night - hoping for better tonight as it should be clear!
But yeah, it was huge in person!
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My photo of the moon looked terrible.
I missed soccer last week because I got pink eye (allergy irritation morphed to infection).
With Church School starting back up, I won’t play on the weekends regularly for a while.
I played last night and scored 2 pretty goals and had a bunch of nice defensive plays.
Soccer practices start next week so that will up my fitness. I have 3 teams (HS girls, 3rd grade girls and 1st grade girls) again. My rising 6th grade team folded which is why I picked up a new team.
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Just checking in. Still doing pickleball 3-4 days a week, riding my bike a fair amount, and walking when I don’t get other exercise. We did a little getaway that included a just shy of 60 mile ride last weekend, and both my husband and I were fine after it, which is good.
I’ll have my son’s dog for a week starting tomorrow, so I’ll get more walking done.
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That’s great! I’ve not run very much this summer. But I did run 8km last Friday and 5km Tuesday . And a Monday bike ride/ Tonight I met pickleball class group (though only two of us there again)… fun to do something new
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I can’t read this article and I’m wondering if anyone could provide one.
The population of patients under 65 getting joint replacements grew by about 200% over the past two decades
https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/the-people-getting-new-knees-and-hips-in-their-40s-acbd3848#
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I can’t get into WSJ to read the article - what did it say the root cause was? Or was it because more people have insurance now than 2 decades ago?
I’d like to know as well. The article showed up in my Apple business news feed. Do they know something that I don’t? 
Synopsis- people are more active, living longer and are unwilling to accept the limitations that come from osteoarthritis due to high impact activities. Physical activity is also good for mental health, doctors want people to age doing what they enjoy, pain free. Obesity is also a cause of replacement at a younger age. Patients have to demonstrate they’ve tried alternatives such as PT, weight loss, cortisone injections. Many doctors still recommend limiting high impact activities post replacement and there are risks involved in the surgery.
I don’t think I can share from Apple News and I think screenshots of the article would violate ToS.
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Thank you!
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I’m sure obesity contributes, but I think possibly the recovery from surgery might be a lot easier now and the replacement joints last longer.
H’s teaching partner a long time ago had to go through knee replacements after teaching on concrete floors for 30 years. Hers weren’t supposed to last but so long, and I remember H saying he wouldn’t want to get anything done in his 50s just to have to do it again.
Fast forward 20+ years… H needed a hip replacement at age 55, after teaching 30 years on a concrete floor. Genetics didn’t help, as his Dad suffered from arthritis for decades. The doctor told him his hip would last a lot longer than him. And the surgery recovery was very easy. He could have been back at a desk job within a week. After 2 weeks you wouldn’t know he had had it. All those years of pain were completely gone. It’s hard to believe it’s only been a year since he’s had it. It was life changing. And his experience led two more of his 50 something year old PE teaching pals with bad hips to have theirs done.
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Quicker recovery and longer lasting replacements were also mentioned in the article. There was, however, a patient who had hip replacement and overdid it, requiring a revision. He was in worse shape post surgery than before.
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Curious if it was running? I believe the doctor was cautioning H about that, but there is zero chance H would ever take up running! But I do believe I have heard of distance runners overdoing their new hips.
he did have to be careful with it for a few months. And he did ramp up gradually. But to be able to squat again without pain just meant the world to him. By the end he couldn’t even have the bar resting on his back without causing pain.
He was a gym owner and injured himself biking. The revision caused a significant loss of ROM and he could no longer do squats. The article mentioned that younger, more active people often required a later surgery as they were living with the implant longer and using it more vigorously. Surgeons frequently discourage running.
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Just tonight I talked with a 40something guy getting a new knew in a few months. After that heals, if the other one still bothers him he will get that other knee replaced. It did have me thinking about how common joint replacement now seem.
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How is pickleball coming along for you?
Thanks for asking. The last two Wed night I’ve met players from my June class. Alas, only two of us first time. Three of us second time. All mellow older gals like me, very low key. Did a lot of serving practice, volleying. Hoping there will be a bigger turnout tomorrow.
With summer heat and allergies, I’ve only gotten out to run about once a week. I still try to do my short videos (stretching, arms) every day or two. And some walks. But for the most part, not very active since returning from our July road trip.
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