How to protect your knees when climbing mountains?

Hiking is a sport that many of us like. During the process of hiking, not only can our bodies get sufficient exercise, but we can also breathe the fresh air in the mountains. At the same time, we can also exercise our perseverance and endurance. When hiking, we often need to pay attention to many things to avoid unnecessary injuries to our bodies. For example, how to protect your knees when climbing?

Many people who climb mountains, especially when going down a mountain, consciously or unconsciously put their entire body weight on their knee joints, causing the thigh bone and calf bone to collide directly at the knee joint. Relying on the hard-to-hard knee joints to instantly dissipate gravity and brake can save energy. However, over time, the knee area becomes particularly susceptible to injury.

Not using the knees means not allowing gravity to be completely dissipated instantly at the knee joint, nor relying entirely on the bones of the knee joint for rigid braking. Instead, the thigh and calf muscles are used to disperse gravity and brake. Distribute the force evenly among the leg muscles, use the muscles to control the speed, start, and brake of descent, consciously use the muscles to support the body weight, and use mind (this word is key) to focus strongly on muscle movement to greatly reduce the gravity impacting the knee joint.

Of course, every time you climb a mountain, pay attention to changing your habits, walking flexibly, and letting your body follow the flexion and extension of your legs, which will gradually make your leg muscles stronger.

When walking, try to use more leg muscles and use the knees less to bear weight. This can not only protect the knees, but also strengthen the leg muscles and play a role in exercising the legs. Also, because the use of muscles must be constantly guided by the mind (people who use the knees often forget the movement of their legs when they are tired, and walk dizzy and prone to mistakes and accidents, which is very dangerous, especially on the edge of a cliff), it can strengthen the attention to the legs and road conditions and reduce accidents. Using the leg muscles more can also keep the legs sensitive and react quickly to unexpected situations.

The above introduces how to protect your knees when climbing. The knees play a very important role in supporting our body and walking. Effectively protecting our knees is very important for everyone. Therefore, everyone should protect their knees when climbing and in daily life to avoid injuries.