Getting old ain’t for the weak or frail

I turned 66 last September.  We had 2 trees from the property behind us fall onto our property last night during the big storm.  I cut most of one up with a chain saw today and hauled back onto the adjoining property.  I can barely walk tonight.  

Ibuprofen is very bad for your liver and/ or kidneys. I would try skin ointments. Possibly cbd oil you apply to the skin.

Taking out the trash exhausts.me. I'm not even 35 yet. I'm boned.

When I started working out it was tough but got easier after a while.  Curls, military presses, easy; OK do it standing on a medicine ball.  That got easy; fine, now do it standing on a basketball.

I believe (and I'm not a trainer or anything)  that working your arms and lower back can only help long term repetitive motions.  Reps, light weight.  It wont happen overnight, hang in there.

rustybugkiller said:

Ibuprofen is very bad for your liver and/ or kidneys. I would try skin ointments. Possibly cbd oil you apply to the skin.

Aspirin or Ibuprofen in excess is bad for your last vet. But my brother assured me my schedule isn't bad for me. 
His qualifications?  Graduated Magna cum Lauda from Harvard Medical, interned at Johns Hopkins,, Rhoades Scholar. Mayo Clinic. 

Muscles don't wear out per se, if you're having problems with prolonged recovery time after exercise and exertion you may need to seek some medical advice. It could require something as simple as some modifications to your diet and what exercises you're doing, or alternatively it may require a bit of medical intervention in the form of something like testosterone therapy.

As we age, our ability to produce testosterone decreases and that leads to loss of lean muscle mass, energy, libido and things like increased recovery times. I'm not suggesting juicing up in roids, but you may be at a point where your body simply isn't supplying enough of what it needs.

In reply to 914Driver :

But I've been doing the same excersice for 7 years now. 8 hours a day, 5-7 days of the week

update. 
I'm getting better. My arms have stopped being painful enough to bring me to tears.  I've reduced my pills to twice in 24 hours.  
It really helped to use one arm at a time. 
 

No I did not take one arm off and set it behind the seat. I just did everything with one arm and left the other in my lap as backup in an emergency.   Next day I used the other. After a couple of days of that I noticed I wasn't gripping the wheel so tightly. 
 

Ive always be light on my grip but I suspect  over use pain caused me to hang on harder. Using more muscle. Fatiguing  them and starting my pain. 

frenchy is it possible the time of year and subsequent snowy icey road conditions may somehow play into this? I have found myself actually gripping the steering wheel harder and more tensed up when the roads are bad, even before the snow when it was pouring rain on soaked pavement. For me it was/is subconscious when it’s less than optimum driving conditions and I instinctively have a harder grip as opposed to when on dry roadway.  And I’m not driving a bus full of kids with their safety in the palm of your hand. 

Have you seen a chiropractor recently? They aren’t all quacks, I’ve been going to mine for many years due to being rear ended at speed, and the relief I’ve gotten has been a life saver for me.  I can hook you up for a consultation if you like. 

In reply to drainoil :

Thanks but I've always had a light grip. It's how I work on the edge at real speed like 150+ into turn 5 at Elkhart Lake. Try to muscle it into the corner and you'll go wide, on your finger tips you can feel which wheel needs a little help which you can lean on a little more. The car talks to you but it's in Braille, you've got to feel it.  
Same thing with landing on the carrier. You try shoving the yoke around instead of feeling what the plane is telling you and you won't be landing this time. 
 

It's muscle pain.  Not a problem with back alignment.   I was worn out from overwork. Resting one arm at a time convinced me of it.