I could always out-work anyone on the site, lift more, go longer. Now I wake up before the alarm because my shoulder is throbbing, and my knees crack on the first stair every morning. My body carried me through twenty years of the hardest work, and now it is quietly handing me the bill.
More people experience this than they realize.
Years of the hardest physical work are catching up with your body.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.