I've recently been learning about the musculoskeletal system of late and I've learn some really interesting things about how our bodies adapt and more importantly how our joints and muscles adapt to ageing.

These interesting discoveries (that you can have for yourself over at Furturelearn.com) have been making me question my posture and the amount of exercise I do, not even close to being enough.

the main ways, the course sates, to still being able to move in old age is to not really stop moving. They use the phrase 'move more, sit less' quit e a bit and this then  makes me not only question the amount of moving I do as a career and freelance designer but also how much of our world now revolves around sitting down and this 'desk job nature' my generation has somewhat adopted. With technologies and even jobs that wouldn't have existed that require us to sit down more might mean that there could be higher rated of osteoarthritis when we all get old.

I'm not immune to this 'sit down' lifestyle (she says, sitting in an armless chair, slouching) and anyone who knows me even a little would know I'm fundamentally lazy and prefer using my hands to do things than walking or moving too much.
Does this mean I'll have a higher chance or some kind of arthritis when I'm old and how much of that can be attributed to my genes?

They say you grown into your parents, if that's true Ill be doing pretty well in my forties and if i can manage to drop the weight I'm working on loosing, I'll hope to still be moving well into my 70's.

Let me know you're option down below in the comments:

Do we move less than we used to?
It is our fault or has technology allowed us to take a sit down?
Do we have higher chances of developing some kind of joint problems in later life as a result?

I'd be genuinely interested in what you've all got to say.

Cheers.