Un-springy knees

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Well done, Mrs Eggy. My knees are defintely less 'bouncy' these days.
Especially now that one of them is made from Chromium Cobalt... this definitely does not bounce..... but at least the pain has gone.. yippee!

Climbed 199 steps to Whitby Abbey, only stopping for breath once! Glad I can still do it at 75.

I would think that after going up 74 stairs 4x a day, your knees need to rest, not exercise more.
Sounds like you've worn them out!

I started trampolining about six weeks ago to strengthen bones (i have osteoporosis) and muscles. It's an excellent form of exercise but you must treat it like any other and warm up, build up gradually and cool down and stretch. Go bounce.

I meant one of those mini ones used for exercise, not a huge children's one!

I would be very careful about using a trampoline as you could easily break other bones.

After climbing 74 stairs four times a day I think I'd need a long lie down and stiff . As for jumping off anything - er, no thanks, it'd be a sit down bottom shuffle to a lower level I think.

Ooh, a trampoline, that'd amuse the neighbours...
I'm feeling marginally guilty now - commiserations to all chair-jumpers, because I have no pain. Just wanted to try some exercise that'd avoid getting it, lol. I've taken Glucosamine and Chondroitin for several years now in hopeful fashion and it does help with the 74 stairs to my flat, up to four times a day. After 4 (between classes), I do without whatever it is I forgot! (Yes, I'm taking Omega 3 as well.)

...oh, I have just started taking glucosamine again recently, even though opinions vary on whether it helps or not; I've got a cupboard full of the stuff so I may as well use it. Will see in a few weeks/months if I creak less .

The last time I jumped off a chair onto one leg I couldn't walk for months afterwards. I did run back to a shop a while back when I thought I'd left my credit card on the counter [the adrenalin rush overrode the pain] and, if I kneel down it takes me several manouvres to get back up again.

You could try one of those exercise trampolines. That might get your knees used to jumping on a bouncy surface, then they might take more kindly to jumping onto a pontoon!

I tend not to launch myself from anything these days unless it's a matter of life or death....

Ah yes, 'stopped ME bouncing' would perhaps have been a better description, sorry. In fact I think they've stopped automatically bending much because they don't easily bring me back up. (Thank you, j08, for your efforts on my behalf, though!) Despite being fairly agile, I land sort-of stiff-legged and this decrepitude didn't seem to happen as a result of anything except ageing. <WAH>
I'm thinking about what happens when I jump off something, e.g. from a yacht down on to a pontoon, or even just launching myself off a high step. There's no elasticity and I find myself using avoidance tactics
I care less about why it's happened, than what I might do to regain knee control!

I have just had a trial jump. Do you mean that thing where your knees bend as you land, ready to send you up again. Mine still do it but the right one hurts.

I don't understand what you mean by 'stopped bouncing', Brahaspatinda. I don't think my knees have ever bounced! Do you mean they stopped bending when you jump?