ZoomyRaccoon
ZoomyRaccoon

Health issues in mid 20's

Guys, I am a software engineer and work remotely.

I am 25 years old but feel as if i am older.

Already facing heavy back pain, lower back pain. Facial and body hairs are turning grey Already bald

Are these all common, or am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

How's your experience working as Software Engineer.

Any thoughts?

12mo ago
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SparklyRaccoon
SparklyRaccoon

Go to the gym 4,5 times a week. Follow a regime. Change your diet. Add a lot of protein and complex carbs. Eliminate oily junk food for 3-4 months. You will start seeing the difference.

FuzzySushi
FuzzySushi
TCS12mo

+1

PrancingDumpling
PrancingDumpling
Swiggy12mo

Improve your diet Eat less Move more Follow skin and hair care routine

SparklyNoodle
SparklyNoodle

Very common nowadays

  • check with physiotherapist for pain
  • don't sit on chair for longer periods, even if you have best chair in the world, use smart watch for reminders
  • buy a good chair
  • go for the best shoes as per your capacity
  • check your stress levels
  • don't worry tooo much about going grey and bald
SparklyPanda
SparklyPanda

Can you suggest best shoes in say 5k and 10k range

FuzzyBoba
FuzzyBoba

Skechers or Asics. Go to a store and try them out

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

Ask your parents they greyed / went bald. Could also be genetic.

SwirlyHamster
SwirlyHamster

Obviously won’t be in 20s. Considering huge portion of population is seeing it it’s not genetic completely tho.

SwirlyTaco
SwirlyTaco

Arre baba we're only discussing Chota Bezos the OP here.

Duniya ka kya haal hai is a different debate.

My limited point is while he is thinking software is the problem, the inherent cause may be in the hardware itself. Can't fight genetics.

If that is indeed the cause, one must live with it and focus on ensuring overall health is excellent.

PrancingKoala
PrancingKoala

Im doing WFH sonce 2019. Started feeling backpain and fat all over my body. Then I bought a good table for work(according to my height), bought a monitor for eye pains and sight problem. Bought a comfortable char which provides air ventilation. Going gym 3-4 times a week..

It's really not hard to follow, you just need to start.. do hair massage 1-2 per week.

Let me know if you need any other help

FloatingPretzel
FloatingPretzel

Do atleast 5km walk everyday

DerpyPanda
DerpyPanda

Been working remotely since covid hit. I’m 25 too. Have felt the same way. Gained over 10kg in two months, severe lower back pain, severe hair fall that didn’t reduce after I got Covid and my cholesterol level got high.

Some things that are helping at the moment and changes I made in the past two years

  1. Walk for 5 minutes every one hour of working
  2. Find fitness activities I love
  3. Eat homemade food and nutritional one at that. High protein, complex carbs, no fried food regularly. Buy an air fryer if you feel the need to. It really helped me. A LOT of vegetables.
  4. I aim for 2 litres of water everyday but I end up drinking slightly lesser than that but it’s okay
  5. Resistance/strength training thrice a week
  6. 8 hours of sleep every night, regardless of what’s happening. If you sleep late in the night, try not to. You don’t have to be up by 6am. Even 9am works. But just don’t be like me and sleep in the day and wake up in the noon.

A friend having to get angioplasty was a wake up call for me, not even the changes I was seeing in myself. At least you’re noticing this is happening to you unlike me. You got this!

GoofyPenguin
GoofyPenguin

Hey @thebaldking almost in a similar situation. Got severe neck and shoulder pain to the extent that trapezius muscles swells up almost every month, visited doctor and did tonnes of blood test. Vit D3 and B12 were alarmingly low as body needs sunshine to absorb these, but Bangalore weather isn't very supportive! Started with 2-3 strands of grey hair.Now i have given up on counting. Always feeling tired. I feel like i am older than my parents.

WobblyRaccoon
WobblyRaccoon

Fellow trapezitis patient since 3 years here.. online yoga is helping

WobblyRaccoon
WobblyRaccoon

Update: had to discontinue my online yoga bcz pain was increasing. Need to do anything where weight is not coming on shoulders and neck

ZestyDonut
ZestyDonut

Talk to physiotherapist and get your pains checked. Concentrate on your well being. Invest some money on skin care too. Don’t blindly use stupid creams which are in general store.

JazzyBurrito
JazzyBurrito

Agree with a lot of advice here around lifestyle changes

For balding, do a test around iron content and thyroid. Once I realised I have a thyroid issue and took meds for it, my hairfall stopped a lot

SwirlyBoba
SwirlyBoba

Which test did you undergo to check it?

WobblyRaccoon
WobblyRaccoon

Iron binding and ferritin etc tests are included in anemic profile, you can check on thyrocare labs app. And for thyroid generally it's t3, t4, TSH. Some specialist doctors may measure free t3,t4

SquishyUnicorn
SquishyUnicorn

Just for back pain: visit a physio. I myself had a 5 day session, simple excercise + machine, definitely worth it , and does not have any medication at all.

Diet + sleep + workout = betterment
Let your body get natural light.

FloatingUnicorn
FloatingUnicorn

What machine exactly?

SquishyUnicorn
SquishyUnicorn

Ultrasonic waves needles, physio specific heating pad

ZoomyNarwhal
ZoomyNarwhal

Lower back pain is directly related to your core abdominal muscles weakening. And that's due to sedentary, desk based lifestyle. As pointed out, start exercising, eating healthy and watching your sleep cycles - you'll see immediate alleviation (in a week) of your back pains once you start exercise

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