The physiotherapist assessed the harm of running for the knees

Pavel Megey, a physiotherapist at the Three Sisters Early Rehabilitation Clinic, spoke on Wednesday, June 3, about whether running really hurts your knees so much.

According to the expert, running is not the enemy of joints. Regular running can be very beneficial for the heart, blood vessels, metabolism and the psyche, but the load must match the training.

"Knees often suffer not from the very fact of running, but from a sudden start," he said in an interview with Mail Health.

He noted that systematic reviews of running injuries show that previous injuries, body mass index, training load, and intensity do make a difference to injury risk.

The specialist added that it is possible to run even if you are overweight, but it is wiser to start with walking, cycling, ellipsis, swimming and short running stretches. Excess weight increases the total load on the joints and can increase the risk of overload injuries for beginners, especially if you immediately run long and fast. Megei advised starting with intervals: a minute of light running, two to three minutes of walking. It is important to run on a soft surface, in comfortable shoes, as well as to control your well-being and not chase the pace, he said.

He stressed that a person without training should not go on a half marathon or marathon. Even 5 km requires adaptation, if previously the person was mostly sitting.

The physiotherapist believes that the best running for health is regular, moderate and boring. Without heroism and sudden leaps of pace, but with warm-up, strength exercises, recovery and an honest assessment of your fitness level.

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Earlier, on June 2, Valery Litvinov, PhD, senior researcher at the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology at Perm Polytechnic University, said that even a short and tireless jog can enhance creative thinking, RT reports.

On the same day, Medical Xpress magazine reported that strength training lasting 90 to 120 minutes per week reduces the risk of death from any cause by 13%, and the risk of death from heart disease by 19%. This conclusion is contained in a large-scale 30-year study involving more than 147 thousand people.

In turn, Associate professor of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at KSMU, neurologist Rustem Gayfutdinov told IA Regnum that a 30-minute walk or other physical activity will positively affect cognitive functions and improve brain function.

Candidate of Medical Sciences and cardiologist Irina Vasilyeva denied on May 26 information that running can cause bowel cancer. 360.ru .