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I was a contractor, data contractor so all I did was walk and go up and down a ladder for days and weeks.
I weighed 180 lbs.

Then I took up programming in 2003
to avoid injuries, and not wear out my body.

2007
First was the carpel tunnel in the hands. So I took up wood working, and built a new ergonomic desk with ergonomic keyboard, mouse, everything measured at the correct height. After about 6 months, the carpel tunnel went away from the wood working, never had it since. Took up bowling as well as something else to do, and gained 64 lbs. in 4 years since 2003

2009
I stated walking and running 2 or 3 miles a day 5 days a week. Lost 34 lbs.

2011
I started getting knee injuries, the left or right knee would swell up and take me out for 3 weeks at a time.
I thought it was the running or the bowling, plus I stopped eating fast food. Lost 10lbs.

2013
Was stilling getting the knee injuries 2 times a year, always in March and July.
Broke my left foot in several places, stopped eating Subway and Togos, lost 24 lbs. in 3 weeks because I could not walk to get food.
Now I prepare food at home, and brown bag it to work. Drop to 180 lbs.

2015
Finally figured it out, with the help of a sports medicine therapist and a doctor at the bowling center.
Current weight is 174, almost my drivers license weight og 165 lbs..

The phrase, always in motion stay in motion, stay at rest always at rest.
Yes that does apply, but ....

What I learned
I was pulling the ham string muscle, tearing quite bad in up to 3 places, the knee swelling was just the body saying whoa ..

When the body is at rest, the muscles contract in length and size. So you have to stretch them out again. When the body is in motion, the muscles are constantly being stretched and those little micro tears occur to thicken up the muscle.
You have to stretch daily, and stretch before physical activity and even more important, after physical activity.

So yes the bowling and the running, running downhill which is more dangerous, was tearing the leg muscles real bad.

So now I have a stretching routine, Stretch at lunch, and before and after activities.
I took up coaching for bowling to get me out of the chair, and limit programming time to no more than 6 hours a day.
Plus I started taking calcium pills to supplement the my diet, because bone and muscles are made of calcium and I don't drink milk and eat enough cheese, and yes I don't really like kale.

I'm 51, and all of my contractor friends that went office are going through the same issues, now we think we have it solved.
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