Check out this article"Running and Arthritis" by By Mackenzie Lobby as featured in the Web Only issue of Running Times Magazine.
Contrary to the myth that running is bad for your knees, a series of recent studies suggest running may actually help prevent osteoarthritis. Other suggested preventative measures for avoiding knee pain and osteoarthritis include wearing new running shoes (however, this is at odds with
other studies which argues modern footwear is in fact the problem, a subject also covered by McDougall's
Born to Run ),avoiding overtraining, backing off if you have a nagging knee pain, and strengthening your core.
“We know the core muscles, the gluteus and the abdominals, control the motion of the femur. If a runner has a strong core, they tend to have less knee problems. When I see a knee pain patient who is a runner, unless they can recall a specific injury, I usually go right to the core to see how strong they are. Nine times out of ten, it’s a problem with core strength,” explains Dr. Marie-Christine Leisz, M.D., medical director of the Running and Endurance Sports Injury Clinic through Allina Hospitals and Clinics in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, Minnesota.
Check out this article"Running and Arthritis" by By Mackenzie Lobby as featured in the Web Only issue of Running Times Magazine.
Contrary to the myth that running is bad for your knees, a series of recent studies suggest running may actually help prevent osteoarthritis. Other suggested preventative measures for avoiding knee pain and osteoarthritis include wearing new running shoes (however, this is at odds with other studies which argues modern footwear is in fact the problem, a subject also covered by McDougall's Born to Run ),avoiding overtraining, backing off if you have a nagging knee pain, and strengthening your core.“We know the core muscles, the gluteus and the abdominals, control the motion of the femur. If a runner has a strong core, they tend to have less knee problems. When I see a knee pain patient who is a runner, unless they can recall a specific injury, I usually go right to the core to see how strong they are. Nine times out of ten, it’s a problem with core strength,” explains Dr. Marie-Christine Leisz, M.D., medical director of the Running and Endurance Sports Injury Clinic through Allina Hospitals and Clinics in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, Minnesota.