I'm only 37. I broke my back when I was 4 years old and it's creeping up on me. It wasn't so bad when I was in my 20's, but something does happen when you hit the big three oh!
Sorry to hear about your back.
If your doc would approve it, you might try Sam-E, sold at Sam’s Club. It’s for joint flexibility and also is a liver cleanser and a mood improver (I first put mood elevator but that looked odd to me).
I only take a half dose, 1 pill each morning on an empty stomach, and I like it better than glucosamine. The reason I don’t take a full dose is that I don’t like having to run to the ladies’ room constantly for potty breaks.
Yup.
You’ll start to have increasing minor twinges.
By another 10 they’ll get worse and longer lasting.
You’ll make small changes along the way on how you
do things so as not to aggravate the problem.
But it’s gonna catch up to you and there’s nothing you
can do to prevent it.
For me, it was several years of skiing in water ski shows and generally thinking I was invincible when I was in my teens and early 20's. Now, at 45, a dull low back pain is what gets me out of bed every morning. Nowadays, I watch as these kids flip BMX bikes and snowboards and wonder if they have any clue what they are doing to their bodies? I've only had broken toes and never a major injury to my back. I can only imagine what those kids will be going through when they are my age and older after so many broken bones and other injuries from smacking the ground repeatedly.....
I take two grams Ester C in the am, pm and before I go to bed. It works wonders for pain. Use more if you need to.
I take other things as well but the Ester C and Choindroitin are a good start. Long-term use of drugs can make things worse.