Is Running Really Bad for Your Knees?
Have you ever worried that running causes more problems than it solves? Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: ...
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(intro) If you like to run, someone has probably warned you that you're wrecking your knees. The idea is that when you run, the flexible, tough tissue that cushions your knee joints, called cartilage, takes a pounding. And over time, that cartilage supposedly wears down, which makes your bones rub together, and leads to the pain, stiffness and swelling of Osteoarthritis. But is this actually true? Past studies that compared runners to non-runners, sometimes collecting data over a couple decades, have found mixed results. A few found that there's more risk of Knee Osteoarthritis in specific groups of runners, like in men younger than 50 who run more than 32 kilometers per week. But lots of papers comparing long-term runners to swimmers, non-runners, or sedentary people ???...
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(intro) If you like to run, someone has probably warned you that you're wrecking your knees. The idea is that when you run, the flexible, tough tissue that cushions your knee joints, called cartilage, takes a pounding. And over time, that cartilage supposedly wears down, which makes your bones rub together, and leads to the pain, stiffness and swelling of Osteoarthritis. But is this actually true? Past studies that compared runners to non-runners, sometimes collecting data over a couple decades, have found mixed results. A few found that there's more risk of Knee Osteoarthritis in specific groups of runners, like in men younger than 50 who run more than 32 kilometers per week. But lots of papers comparing long-term runners to swimmers, non-runners, or sedentary people ???...
