Six Things I See in My ‘Strongest’ 80-Year-Old Patients
I am 63 now, and after three decades as an orthopedic surgeon, I have examined thousands of people in their eighties. Some arrive frail and afraid, others walk in straighter and more confident than patients half their age.
They’re still skiing, still gardening, still picking up grandchildren without a second thought. The gap between those two groups is not luck, and it is rarely genetics alone. The same patterns keep showing up in those who are thriving.
Here is what they have in common. The most important reasons are lower down in the list…
HE IS A MACHINE 🏆🦿
75-year-old+ Michael Kish runs a 13.27 100m (+3.2 m/s) to win the 75+ Master Men's 100m. Last year, Kish ran 13.47 - so he's only getting faster!
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@amil I’m a Physical Therapist in a hospital who works with patients after surgeries. No application as of yet, although I could see it being helpful to fight insurance companies