Running Can Actually Help Strengthen Your Knees
January 2, 2010, Posted by adreeza at 6:48 am under Today's Tip
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Although I haven’t read the study to see how the test population was selected, it would appear to me that long-distance runners are a self-selected group. In other words, most people that chose to do long distance running are probably those that don’t have severe arthritic knee problems to begin with; otherwise, they may not chose this as a sport. On the other hand, if the population was carefully selected and had similar levels of cartilage remaining, this is good news. I would also be interested in knowing if the arthritic group was also provided some kind of anti-osteoporosis medication since this would probably skew results. It has been well documented that exercise helps slow down the progress of arthritis, but there is also evidence that high-impact exercise on arthritic joints that have lost a lot of cartilage can speed up the process. There is much to learn and much individual variability.
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