Topic: In case of worry about knees....

[dilet2e]

There's a new study out that exercise such as running not only does NOT increase the risk for arthritis, it may stave it off!

Here's a link to an article...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112556135&ps=cprs

The thing to avoid is INJURING the knees. So train, just train safely.

[I suppose people think if they don't go out and run & stuff, they reduce the risk of injury... but getting overweight and out of shape is ALSO really bad for knees, and the low back, and everything else!]

--Terri

[Timothy Chen Allen]

There's a new study out that exercise such as running not only does NOT increase the risk for arthritis, it may stave it off!

Here's a link to an article...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112556135&ps=cprs

The thing to avoid is INJURING the knees. So train, just train safely.

[I suppose people think if they don't go out and run & stuff, they reduce the risk of injury... but getting overweight and out of shape is ALSO really bad for knees, and the low back, and everything else!]

--Terri

I totally agree.  My knees have a collective experience of 90 years . But I've been continuously running and doing crazy stuff like parkour all along and have no knee trouble.  The one thing I do have is a 75% ACL tear from a Tae Kwon Do accident 14 years ago.  I've never had it operated on; I just strengthened the muscles around it and it's never really bothered me.  That said, I will never take up skiing (too much side load on that ACL)!.