What sports hurt your knees?

The busy work in modern society has caused many people to be busy between work and family, so more people will neglect exercise, which leads to many people may suffer knee injuries after a little exercise. Some people also hurt their knees because of frequent exercise, so when the intensity of exercise is relatively high, so what kind of exercise is more likely to hurt the knees? Let’s take a closer look at this issue!

1. Running can cause knee injuries, but running can also prevent knee injuries. Preventing knee injuries means preventing 90% of sports injuries. Before running, do warm-up exercises and stretch your joints. Choose a softer surface for running exercises. The softer and more elastic the surface, the better, and the less impact on the knees and feet. Try to avoid running up hills and stairs to avoid damaging the knee cartilage. Do not increase the amount of running too much each time, and avoid running today and not running tomorrow. If you experience symptoms such as joint pain and locking while running, stop the activity and rest, and go to the hospital for examination and treatment if necessary.

2. Do less strenuous exercise and more appropriate physical exercise. Many people believe that the more and more intense the exercise, the healthier the body. In fact, the more and more intense the exercise, the greater the damage to the knee joint. Appropriate exercise should be selected according to the characteristics of the athlete; long-term, high-intensity, and high-load activities on the knee joints, such as mountain climbing, stair climbing, rock climbing, long-term walking, and rampage, can easily put a burden on the joints and increase the wear of articular cartilage. Such activities should be done in moderation.

3. In addition, sitting for long periods of time and staying up late can easily cause joint degeneration. By exercising joint flexion and extension and increasing muscle strength tolerance, the incidence of osteoarthritis can be reduced. Also pay attention to protecting the knee joints from cold and moisture. Although dampness and cold are not the direct causes of arthritis, most patients with joint pain report being sensitive to weather changes.

4. Pay attention to your body posture when walking, do not twist your waist while working, and it is best to sit on a small stool for daily squatting movements (such as washing clothes, picking vegetables, and mopping the floor). In terms of diet, you should eat more foods containing protein, calcium, collagen, and isoflavones, such as dairy products, soy products, fish, shrimp, tendons, etc.

The above briefly introduces what sports can injure the knees. So no matter if you are busy with work or for some other reasons, it is best to take a few days every week to do a little exercise. In addition, it also introduces how to perform rehabilitation exercises after a knee injury. If you have time, you can learn more about it.