What are the disadvantages of climbing stairs?

There should be a limit to everything you do. Exceeding this limit will be counterproductive. Take climbing stairs for example. It can help you lose weight, exercise your body, increase cardiopulmonary function, promote metabolism, and enhance muscle and bone function. However, for middle-aged and elderly people, since it is the peak period of osteoporosis, if you climb stairs for too long or too much, it may cause knee pain and increase the chance of injury. Therefore, middle-aged and elderly people should do things within their ability. So what are the specific harms of climbing stairs? Detailed answer below.

First, if you are too fat, the pressure on the knee joints will be greater when climbing stairs, so you must master the relationship between speed and duration. At the beginning, you should take a slow pace and stick to it for a period of time, then you can gradually increase the speed or extend the time, but not too intensely, otherwise it will increase the burden on your heart and lungs. Second, if you feel discomfort while climbing stairs, you should stop exercising immediately. Third, if you have old knee injuries, try not to do stair climbing exercises.

At the same time, you must master the correct exercise method. First, when going downstairs, in order to prevent the knee joints from being under increased pressure, you should land on the forefoot first and then transition to landing on the entire sole of the foot to cushion the pressure on the knee joints. Second, you can massage the knee joint locally after climbing stairs. Third, it is best to do exercises such as squatting, standing up and static half squatting regularly to give the knee joint sufficient exercise and prevent it from becoming stiff and ankylosing.

Climbing stairs is most likely to cause knee injury, and there is a risk of fracture or ligament strain. Therefore, when doing this exercise, you should stretch your body first and move around for a while before doing it. Also, you must master the key points, which is to put the forefoot on the ground first. This can avoid injury. When going downstairs, try to take the elevator to avoid falling due to unstable center of gravity.