According to the Head of The Department of Sports Medicine and Endoscopy, Deputy Director of The Center for Orthopaedic Trauma, jogging does not harm the knee, on the contrary, it is beneficial.
The habit of running regularly increases joint fluid production, helps joint cartilage to be better lubricated and elastic, while stimulating the body to regenerate new cartilage.
In particular, this discipline also reduces the concentration of cytokines in the knee joint, thereby protecting the knee joint strongly.
However, the knee can still be painful, injured, increasing the risk of degeneration if the runner trains the wrong way, overworked, runs the wrong technique.
Therefore, in order to minimize the risk of knee damage when jogging, Experts pointed out 5 golden principles to follow when exercising:
Always warm up your body.
Stretching the muscles, heating the body helps the joints catch up with the change in movement when running, avoiding joint tightness, leading to injury.
Some simple warm-up exercises can be applied such as walking fast or running slowly in place, rotating arms, reaching to the left / right …
Choose the right running shoes.
Wearing a pair of shoes that fit will help runners to be confident and comfortable to stride, while supporting better joint support each time they land.
