Does jogging hurt your knees?

Jogging is a very good sport in today's life. It can exercise our physique and make us look stronger. At the same time, it can reduce the damage to the knees and control the body's physical strength and physical fitness. It depends on each person's jogging time and jogging method. Jogging will not cause too much damage to the knees.

1. Control the amount of running

Everyone's physical strength and physical fitness are different, so the amount of running for each person may also be different. The specific amount of running is determined based on each person's feelings when running (the degree of muscle and body fatigue). If you feel tired after running for a distance, your leg muscles are tired and your speed has slowed down, so you should stop. When you feel tired, your steps may become disordered and you may not be able to control your landing well, causing greater impact on your knee joints. . If the meniscus and femoral head are impacted, it is likely to cause irreparable damage.

2. Reduce speed training

The faster you run, the greater the impact force will be, and the greater the damage to your knees will be. Moreover, running too fast will deform your running posture. In order to speed up, the legs will unconsciously straighten and land, which will result in the loss of muscle cushioning ability when the joints are bent, and the knees will be hit harder. Therefore, you should pay attention to adjusting your speed when running and not run too fast. Some runners may do speed training, but it should be noted that the amount of training in this area should be less than ten percent of the total training volume.

3. Adjust your running posture

A properly coordinated running posture may reduce the impact on the knees while running. When a runner's foot lands, if it is in front of the knee and the knee joint is in an extended or locked state, the knee joint will be impacted. Therefore, the foot should be placed directly below or slightly behind the knee, so that the knee joint is in a bent state, which can play a cushioning role.

In addition, you need to pay attention to the position of your center of gravity when running. It would be better if the center of gravity can fall on the forefoot between the big toe and the adjacent big toe. At this time, the center of gravity is also the force point. The force point should not be biased towards the outside of the foot, nor towards the inside, otherwise the knee will be impacted laterally and injured. You need to keep your body stable when running. If you sway from side to side while running, your center of gravity will change with the movement.