Hit 1000 stairs built in my career and nobody warned me about the knee thing

I was counting up my projects the other night and realized I've built exactly 1007 stair treads over the last 12 years. That's a lot of going up and down while carrying a framing square. What got me was how my left knee started barking at me right around number 850, not before. I never thought a simple stairs job would sneak up on my body like that. Has anyone else hit a weird number that made them realize they're getting older on the job?

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the_charlie3d ago

Hit 850 and felt it in my hip on the right side, not the knee. Makes me wonder if the body just picks a random joint to sacrifice once you cross a certain threshold of repetitive motion. 1007 treads is wild though, I bet your stringer cuts are damn near perfect by now. The weird part for me was realizing I could still do the math in my head faster than most guys with a calculator, but my body stopped cooperating around the same time.

xena8863d ago

The random joint sacrifice theory hits close to home, @the_charlie - my left shoulder started complaining around stair 700 for no good reason. I guess the body finally decides it's had enough before the brain does.