Causes of knee injuries due to running

Why does running hurt the knee joints? It is mainly because you have not developed the correct running posture or the venue you choose is too hard. We recommend that you should understand how to protect your knee joints when running. If we are exercising on a treadmill in the gym, we should control the running speed and time, and adjust the height of the treadmill, etc.

The knee joint is one of the key links in the human body's kinetic chain and is also the most complex joint in the human body. When running, the knee joint not only has to bear the weight of body weight, but also has to cushion the impact from the ground. Therefore, knee injuries caused by running are mostly chronic overuse injuries, among which patellofemoral pain syndrome, also known as runner's knee, is the most common.

When running, due to repeated contact between our feet and the ground, the knee joints have to bear the pressure of body weight and cushion the impact from the ground. If they are not prepared enough, it is easy to damage the knees. If this continues for a long time, your knee joints may become "runner's knees."

It is caused by the combined effects of unreasonable exercise volume, exercise posture, and natural wear and degeneration of the knee joint. Therefore, properly controlling exercise time and standardizing running posture can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Long-term running subjects the knee joints to repeated impacts, leading to knee strain, which is the most important cause of runner's knee. Factors such as aging of the knee joint can further increase wear and tear on the knee joint.

However, young, amateur runners are more likely to suffer from runner's knee. This may be because they rely on their strong bodies and inevitably exercise too much.

Based on this article's introduction to why running can hurt the knee joints, I believe you all understand that excessive exercise and unreasonable exercise postures can cause serious damage to the knee joints. This is also the reason why many young people suffer from runner's knee. We recommend that you warm up before running and don't exercise too much.