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Show Your Running Knees Some Love
Running as a convenient form of cardio may be the bee's knees, but it can leave my knees aching. Although studies have found there is no connection between running and an increased risk for arthritis, there are some easy ways to show your knees some love.
- Stay flexible: Tight hamstrings or quads can prevent the knee from going through its full range of motion, which can negatively impact the soft tissues that work the knee.
Cycling Tip: Ideal RPM
National Bike Month may be drawing to a close, but I hope we all keep on pedaling. To protect your knees and prevent leg fatigue while cycling, you need to gauge your rpms — the revolutions per minute of your pedals. The magic number is 80 rpms.
Things to Know About Running and Your Knees
Let's face it, running is a convenient form of exercise and can make you high. The only downside, I seem to experience is the occasional aching knee.
I take care of this important joint by strengthening my quads and rolling out my ITB.
DrSugar on Chronic and Nagging Knee Pain
DrSugar is keyed up about the knee and the nagging pain in that joint that can frustrate your fitness drive. Here's what he has to say.
Let's begin with a brief anatomy lesson for the knee is a complicated structure with multiple moving parts and a variety of connective tissues holding everything together.
Protect Your Knees on the Downside
Hopefully you all are getting outside and going for some hikes. While hiking uphill feels great, works your backside, and increases your heart rate, walking down the other side can cause some serious knee pain. Walking, or even worse running, downhill can really stress your knee joints.
Run For Your Life: Joint Pain and Running
Do you love to run, but worry about the future of your knees? You are not alone. If you take care of your body, it should take care of you and keep you running for life.
Fit Tip: Don't Lock Your Knees
It is the beginning of the year and a good time to review some fitness basics on how to treat your body when working out, specifically your knees. I am here to remind you to avoid locking your knees. When you are lifting weights, either with a machine or free weights, do not jam your knees to a fully straight position, forcing the joint to lock at its end range of movement.
How to Protect Your Knees When Hiking Downhill
Hopefully you all are getting outside and going for some hikes. While hiking uphill feels great, works your backside and increases your heart rate, walking down the other side can cause some serious knee pain. Walking, or even worse running, downhill can really stress your knee joints.
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Soccer, Quads, and Knees
Although, we have all known for a long time that men are from Mars and women from Venus, the scientific community is just figuring out that we're different. It is not just men and women who are different exercisewise, it is true for boys and girls, too. Specifically, they are different when it comes to the knee joint.
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