Aging Alone Doesn't Cause Problems

When atraumatic problems occur it's usually because a problem someone knew he already had has worsened, a problem someone didn't know he had has worsened, or a problem he or science didn't know how to test for and/or define has worsened. It’s not unusual that symptoms don’t become apparent - or symptoms don’t reach the threshold of impacting your life - until they’ve been percolating (silently or noisily) for years.

Does aging give you lung cancer, or does smoking every day for 50 years give you lung cancer? Does aging give you low back pain, or does a life moving around lacking full low back mobility since you fell off a horse when you were 11 give you back pain? Does aging give you severe headaches, or does growing up inhaling toxic fumes nobody knew were toxic give you severe headaches? Figuring out what causes problems is not necessarily easy, but it’s overly simplistic to attribute the onset of symptoms to a body simply getting older. There are normal changes associated with aging (in essesnce these diffuse changes are aging), and then there are problems. -- Laura