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Regular stress in muscles maybe, assuming you allow them to recover properly. Repeated stress on support structures damages them. Running every day is terrible

by aulin 3y ago

Regular stress in muscles maybe, assuming you allow them to recover properly. Repeated stress on support structures damages them. Running every day is terrible for your knees if you don't know how to run properly. Specifically if you overstride and land on your heels.

danielbln 3y ago
Yep, good running form is incredibly important. Our legs are rather wonderful springs, directing impact force into the giant muscle that is the glutes (i.e. the butt). The knees (or any other joints) should merely direct the force upwards. Heel striking, over striding, running too fast, too much padding etc. all lead to impact forces going into joints and those really don't like that. I've been running every single day no exceptions for almost 8 years, including marathons and a half marathon at least once a year. Most of my runs are slow, all of them are run with small steps and fore/mid foot strike. Stomping around the track huffing and puffing is not the way to do it, but when done right it is absolutely wonderful for the body.
gilbetron 3y ago
Not really, although as usual, it depends. It doesn't seem to hurt bones: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416492/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416492/ but it doesn't seem to help much either. There's evidence that running is actually good for your joints, as long as you don't keep running if you have an injury: https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/fitness/is-running-bad-for-your-knees https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/fitness/is-runnin... Running properly is part of the way to avoid injury. I had 3 knee surgeries over the years and have arthritis in that knee and actually running with OA seems to be an ok thing to do, which seems to correlate with my experience that my knee pain is less when I run than when I don't. As usual, there's lots of nuance and it depends on the person and the situation!
- aulin 3y ago
  The poster I was answering to said that repeated stress makes joints stronger. That's false. You can totally run injury free if you use your legs as springs and a natural stride

by aulin 3y ago

danielbln 3y ago

Yep, good running form is incredibly important. Our legs are rather wonderful springs, directing impact force into the giant muscle that is the glutes (i.e. the butt). The knees (or any other joints) should merely direct the force upwards. Heel striking, over striding, running too fast, too much padding etc. all lead to impact forces going into joints and those really don't like that. I've been running every single day no exceptions for almost 8 years, including marathons and a half marathon at least once a year. Most of my runs are slow, all of them are run with small steps and fore/mid foot strike. Stomping around the track huffing and puffing is not the way to do it, but when done right it is absolutely wonderful for the body.

gilbetron 3y ago

Not really, although as usual, it depends. It doesn't seem to hurt bones: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416492/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416492/ but it doesn't seem to help much either. There's evidence that running is actually good for your joints, as long as you don't keep running if you have an injury: https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/fitness/is-running-bad-for-your-knees https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/fitness/is-runnin... Running properly is part of the way to avoid injury. I had 3 knee surgeries over the years and have arthritis in that knee and actually running with OA seems to be an ok thing to do, which seems to correlate with my experience that my knee pain is less when I run than when I don't. As usual, there's lots of nuance and it depends on the person and the situation!

aulin 3y ago
The poster I was answering to said that repeated stress makes joints stronger. That's false. You can totally run injury free if you use your legs as springs and a natural stride