Re:Running as a Thinking Person’s Sport
by CJefferson on Thursday December 15, 2016 @03:33AM
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The knees is still out. One problem with studying long term runners, I'd often people who get knee pain drop out.
That's me -- went to various physios, they all agree I've messed up my knees, and won't ever recover enough to take up running again.
Re:Running as a Thinking Person’s Sport
by dspillett on Thursday December 15, 2016 @07:24AM
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Like the back problems sometimes associated with rowing, a lot of knee issues from running are due mainly to bad form.
If you over-stride, particularly down-hill (and going "too fast" down hill instead of managing your pace/stride is a recipe for over-striding) the knees will be too straight during impact and so experience excessive impact force (and therefor potential damage) that would otherwise be absorbed by muscles/tendons/elsewhere.
Re:Running as a Thinking Person’s Sport
by CJefferson on Thursday December 15, 2016 @04:33PM
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While form is important, it doesn't fix fundamental joint problems unfortunately. I was checked fairly carefully by a couple of NHS physios, who both agreed it was joint problems, not bad form.
Re:Running as a Thinking Person’s Sport
by dspillett on Friday December 16, 2016 @06:21AM
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No, once you have a significant joint problem (from running or anything else) running is never going to help and will probably make things worse. Cycling possibly too, depending on the problem.
Swimming is probably the thing to go for in such circumstances. While some problems make that difficult too, it doesn't have the impact or strain (depending on stroke) of other options.
Re:Running as a Thinking Person’s Sport
by agumonkey on Thursday December 15, 2016 @08:26AM
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I really wonder how barefoot runners fare on 1) The sensitivity of your feet forbid any kind of pressure, I believe you end up running softly naturally. If true that would be very funny.
> According to several studies runners, even those who have run competitively for many years, do not have an increased prevalence of osteoarthritis.
That smells like survivorship bias to me. ;)
2) Chronically elevated cortisol levels are result of overtraining. If you do that, you are doing it wrong. Overtraining happens when a person experiences stress and physical trauma from exercise faster than their body can repair it. Overtraining is not same as training a lot. Gradually increasing the running time and having enough rest days prevents that while the running distances grow.
3) You get runners high and it's not boring.
Of course there are people with conditions that get worse with running. Fat people should start slowly.