Running won't wreck your knees

Friday, August 14, 2009

Running won't wreck your knees

While most of us are years from having to worry about arthritis, it's good to know that running all these miles may actually be doing us more good than harm*. I'm curious if they'll follow up this study with one that tries to correlate heel/mid/forefoot striking with joint issues.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/phys-ed-can-running-actually-help-your-knees/?em

*corrected

3 comments:

Tim said...: You mean more good than harm.; August 14, 2009 at 4:55 PM
RM said...: Thanks Tim, I hope that's what Mike meant - otherwise why did he have to post such a downer message?

Yeah maybe most of your knees will be safe, mine however will likely not last more than 3 years after surgery. ha.; August 14, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Collin said...: Yeah, haha. That article is good stuff.; August 15, 2009 at 9:41 AM

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Friday, August 14, 2009