What exercises are harmful to the knees?

We like a lot of sports. When we go to the park in the morning, we see it is full of people because they get up early to exercise. There are also many people exercising in the evening. They do all kinds of sports. We now know that long-term strenuous activities are not good for the knees. In order to protect our knees, we want to learn more about sports so that we can know what sports are harmful to the knees. Let’s learn about it together!

Exercises that are not suitable for the knee joints: mountain climbing, climbing stairs, and kicking shuttlecock. Mountain climbing and stair climbing are both types of exercises that are not suitable for the knee joints.

Let’s talk about shuttlecock kicking. The biggest problem with shuttlecock kicking is that it involves the movement of the knee joint, which can easily injure the knee joint. Because the knee joint has a meniscus, and the meniscus itself has two shapes: C-shaped and O-shaped. So the action of kicking shuttlecock produces one moving forward and the other moving backward, and finally it will tear it apart, and this is also the time when the pad is most easily damaged. This is why the meniscus is more vulnerable. In medicine, we call it contradictory movement. The twisting of your knee joint during flexion and extension is also the process in which the meniscus is most likely to tear.

There are two other sports that are ambiguous for the knee joints, one is cycling and the other is running. Cycling: I personally don’t think it’s a big problem, because cycling itself does not require you to fight against the gravity of your body, so cycling should be okay. But if the condition of our knee joint is not good during examination, it is recommended that you raise or lower the seat a little when riding a bike to avoid the angle that causes pain when the knee joint moves.

Running can be divided into sprinting and jogging. If you're jogging, it may not be a big problem. Also, if your knee joint is very swollen and painful, don't even think about running or taking a walk. Because the inflammation is very serious, you need to rest at this time and let the inflammation subside, rather than using fiberoptic bundles to make it worse. In addition to exercise, we should also adjust and protect our knee joints in our daily lives. First, you need to pay attention to your own knees. That means don’t take it lightly and pay attention to protecting them. Second, the knees themselves need exercise, but the exercise should not be too strenuous. Especially for the elderly, we advocate doing what they can and avoiding strenuous exercises such as stretching, flexing, and twisting.

Now we know what sports are harmful to the knees. In fact, we can try our best to avoid these sports. If we can't avoid them, we can add knee pads and other protective gear to our bodies, which will provide better protection for our bodies. Of course, we can also reduce the amount of exercise appropriately. After all, physical exercise should be decided according to your own situation.