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This is a naive and privileged view.
CDC says 25% of adults have chronic pain: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db518.htm
Just change your life. Don't do hard physical labor. Don't get a desk job. Don't engage in risky behaviors. Don't get into a car accident. Don't get arthritis. Don't get cancer. Don't have operations. Just address it, right?
The flip side of your coin is most everybody that's in pain deserves it since they could theoretically prevent it and thus are choosing it.
This kind of thinking, that a person is responsible for their own health, able to control it, and has a responsibility to be healthy, is essentially a right wing talking point. There is a wellness to right wing pipeline and there's been quite a bit written about it, especially regarding the pandemic, that you might check out.
Health is fragile and temporary. Those that don't have it are not moral failures. You don't get to tell them they're not trying hard enough.
Thank you for saying this, based comment.
I don't know where you got from that anyone deserves pain. All I said is that if you experience pain, you should try to remedy the cause instead of just using generic painkillers. I too had back pain because of my desk job; I acted accordingly.
There's nothing shameful about having pain or treating it with painkillers, but I think there's something wrong with the sentiment that's also often found on Reddit that knees and back just hurt when you're over 35.
While the issue is often rooted in society (through labor or other lifestyle details that are pushed on the individual), it's you who has to live with that body until the end. Rightfully blaming society won't help.
For causes outside of your control, there's nothing to do.
Anyhow, for issues like rheumatic arthritis, there are more targeted drugs than genetic painkillers AFAIK that are taken on a schedule. I have both friends and family who are affected; osteoarthritis is indeed treated with e.g. paracetamol, but is usually accompanied by some sort of therapy.