Geezer recently directed readers’ attention to Outside magazine’s 2005 Gear of the Year Buyer’s Guide, where sporty shoppers can find gun-metal gray Brunton Epoch Zoom binoculars for $1900, or Rudy Project Maskeryna sunglasses for $125. This month, the editors of Outside present a different kind of buyers’ guide, one that describes six nifty new surgeries used to repair common sports injuries. The short, and in any other magazine, bizarre, piece contrasts new procedures and their blessedly short recovery periods with primitive surgeries like those that Geezer spent months recovering from a few, OK, 30 years ago. Here’s Outside’s the menu of injuries: torn rotator cuff, degenerative discs, torn knee cartilage, worn out hip joints, broken bones and shattered bones. And what if readers don’t suffer from any of these conditions? Outside is unsympathetic:That’s just their bad luck. Read more.
Health, fitness and lifestyle tips for people over 50 who still like to play hard
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Realizing that surgery is sometimes required, I recommend a rigorous attempt at almost any method for recovery that doesn’t require surgery. I have had cartilage problems in my knee and have had very good luck with glucosamine and chondroitin, plenty of water, and muscle balancing exercises. There really are some effective alternative treatments out there that are worth investigation (although you should beware because there are many more ineffective alternative treatments out there too!).