Comment NEWSLETTER 📩 and I’ll send you a link to my free weekly health newsletter. 🦴💪 After 15 years as an orthopedic surgeon, here are 5 things I would NOT do to my joints: 👇 1️⃣ Push through sharp or worsening pain. 🚨 Muscle soreness after exercise is one thing. Persistent, sharp, or worsening joint pain is different. Listen to what your body is telling you. 2️⃣ Test my one-rep max. 🏋️‍♂️ I don’t need to lift the heaviest weight possible for one rep to build strength. I’d rather lift a weight I can control for multiple reps and reduce my risk of injury. 💪 3️⃣ Stop moving my joints. 🚶‍♂️🦴 Articular cartilage has no direct blood supply. Movement helps circulate synovial fluid and allows nutrients to diffuse into cartilage. Your joints need movement. 🔄 4️⃣ Avoid strength training as I get older. 💪⏳ Muscle helps support and stabilize your joints, and maintaining muscle and strength becomes even more important with age. 5️⃣ Eat a diet full of ultra-processed foods. 🍟❌ I ...