Is it true manual jobs destroy your body?
Is it true manual jobs destroy your body?
Xavier Robinson
Lincoln Nelson
Yes, that's largely why they pay so much up-front. You can work them for a few years, but anything longer than a decade will leave you with irrecoverable damage.
Not to mention the higher liklihood of getting hurt or dying on the job.
Kayden Sanders
Go talk to someone who's been doing manual labour for decades and see what their body is like.
Michael Nelson
In general, yes.
More specifically if you’re incredibly careful, wear copious protective and preventative gear, and regularly stretch and exercise it’ll destroy your body quite a bit more slowly.
Connor Nguyen
t-t-thanks
And fuck biz in general for never mentioning it in all the trade shilling threads.
Gabriel Parker
Basically yes its mostly skeletal damage around the joints plus in some circumstances dust inhalation. I laboured for about 5 years from 2011-2016 (put about 50% of my surplus into BTC every friday so I was able to quit and basically retire because that surplus was not bad as I was living with my parents) so I know for experience if I had to go back to doing it I'd say I'd have about another 5-6 years doing my old job before I was fucked up but it was perhaps the most physically intense job in construction (drylining labourer). Although with that said nobody realistically labours for that long in fact one of those years I spent on the tools, once you know a trade you tend to suffer much less because of the variation in movement, that's the main thing. With varied movements, not being on price work (makes you go like fuck so you can earn £120-£150 a day just labouring, £200+ on the tools), proper sleep + rest, rehab for any injuries, proper diet and you can last much longer. But yeh like the other user said go speak to a 40-60 year something tradie chances they don't have something wrong with them is very slim. The most common issues are lower back blowouts, sciatica (from going up and down hop ups), general joint issues.
Liam Fisher
Constructionfag here. You'll probably have some kind of joint problem/injury if you work long enough. You crouch a lot too so usually knees.
In early 20s and my knees and fingers hurt sometimes, but I do demolition which is way worse desu.
A lot of it depends on if you wear a mask, hearing protection etc.
Sitting in an office all day presents its own health risks though like hemorrhoids (painful) and bad circulation which can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease and kidney stones.
At the end of the work day I feel tired and in pain but better than if I sit all day
Levi Martinez
I worked construction for 5 years. My skin was burned to the point where I have scaring and wrinkles. My back and shoulder are fucked up. Gotta stretch just to get the nerves in my back to not hurt. It was drainin too. After a ten hour day in the sun digging and lifting, I'd go home and not do anything. That's why lifelong construction workers are so fucked up look8ng. Leathery skin, yellow eye whites, sunken faces, bad teeth from overtime without brushing, flappy skin and fat from convenience store food or the same shit diet every day. I do not recomend. Plus if you're a gringo have fun convincing your boss you need a decent wage when there are illegals that will work for 6 dollars an hour. Manual labor in construction won't be worth it for first worlders until illegal immigration is largely taken care of, and innovation in the industries gives us better business practices, technology, and equipment. It's probably different in other industries but construction and agrobusiness is fucked in the US.
David Hall
Only if you're a a absoulte retard who can't into proper movements I used to hand ductwork and it was the comfys time of my young life
Cooper Walker
It depends if you use proper techniques, wear property equipment, aren't fat and if you lift weights.
The issue is if sometimes you working for someone else or even for yourself and you're rushed you tend to do things sloppily which can and will result in injury.