The next time you hear someone blame their knee pain on too much exercise, tell them to take walk, or a jog, or a run. If researchers at Boston University School of Medicine are correct, the exercise will not make their pain any worse–or any better. The Ivanhoe Newswire reports that BU researchers followed nearly 1,300 people over about
10 years, and found no relationship between physical activity, like
walking or jogging, and the development of knee osteoarthritis. Previous studies have suggested exercise
can protect against the development of knee pain, while others have
concluded it may lead to the condition. Read more.
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I don’t know about this. Are they only evaluating running type sports and not considering exercises to strengthen the supporting muscles?
I find a definite relationship between skipping leg work-outs and experiencing knee pain within only a few days.