How to protect knee joints when running?

The most important thing when running is to find some tips. In fact, many people in life are very concerned about sports, but every sport will harm the health of the body. If you don't pay attention and don't take the right way, then the harm to the body is inevitable. For example, when running, we must learn how to protect the knees and how to prevent cell aging. So how to protect the knees when running?

Running will inevitably wear out your knees, this is unavoidable. However, what we are talking about here is wearing out the knees, not hurting them. Your knees wear out all the time in your life. Climbing mountains will cause wear and tear, climbing stairs will cause wear and tear, and even walking will cause wear and tear (but the wear and tear is relatively minor). As you get older, your knees also age. This is inevitable in life. So, what we need to discuss is how to keep this wear and tear within an acceptable range.

Methods/Steps

Running shoes are designed to protect your knees and avoid injuries when running. They are not as important as you think, far from it. In my opinion, the importance of running shoes in avoiding running injuries is second only to the factors listed below. I state this first because many friends believe that their knee or other running injuries are simply caused by running shoes. Running shoes only have to do with the purpose they are used for and then your own personal preference.

When I first started running, I bought a few pairs of Asics running shoes, but later I found that they were completely unsuitable for my running style of landing on the forefoot, so I either threw them away or gave them away. Some people run barefoot marathons, but I've never seen anyone run a 100-kilometer cross-country race barefoot. Shoes are definitely necessary.

Before you assume that running shoes can better protect your knees while running, please think about this: Is your running posture correct and economical? Is your muscle strength sufficient to protect your joints? Have you followed the gradual progress rules of any exercise? Have you eaten a proper diet to replenish your nutrition? Have you rested and recovered? If you were injured before running, have you mastered an active recovery plan?

If any of the above points are not done well enough, it is more likely to cause damage to the knee joint than choosing the wrong running shoes. If you are just jogging, it is recommended that you gradually transition from styles with thicker soles to styles with thinner soles. Through the accumulation of running and other strength training, you can continuously stimulate the body's own functions and gradually get rid of your dependence on shoes.

As the running distance increases and the purpose of running changes - for example, transitioning from fitness jogging to marathon or ultramarathon cross-country running, you need to choose the most suitable shoes and supporting equipment according to the requirements of different events and tracks. For daily fitness jogging of short distances, it is more important to pay attention to the following points. As for running shoes, it is fine as long as they fit your feet.

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Posture Proper posture is the key to avoiding all sports injuries. When you start running a few hundred meters, you must do it correctly. From starting to stopping, try to maintain the correct running posture throughout the entire process. There are still obvious differences in posture and techniques between short-distance speed running and long-distance jogging. There is a slight difference between correct running stats and efficient running stats. The latter is mainly for long-distance running. It is about how to make the body consume the least energy to move the same distance based on the correct running stats. Therefore, correct running posture is the foundation.

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In order to prevent accidental falls or sprains of the knee joint while running, the best thing we need to do is to find some reasonable ways. For example, many friends think that running can injure the knee, so they will wear knee pads, but before running, we must do enough warm-up exercises to activate the blood in the whole body and prevent sprains.