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You're being obtuse. Parent clearly meant gentle as in "lower impact", which really is the idea. Swimming is a great exercise option for joint health (and in ge
by viciousvoxel 3y ago
You're being obtuse. Parent clearly meant gentle as in "lower impact", which really is the idea. Swimming is a great exercise option for joint health (and in general).
- kazinator 3y agoNope; you need load bearing. And even some mild impact. Lower impact being better than high impact doesn't imply that even lower impact is even better. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone#Remodeling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone#Remodeling "Repeated stress, such as weight-bearing exercise or bone healing, results in the bone thickening at the points of maximum stress (Wolff's law). It has been hypothesized that this is a result of bone's piezoelectric properties, which cause bone to generate small electrical potentials under stress." Swimming is beneficial, and is a great complement to load-bearing exercise.
- dredmorbius 3y agoThis is a much better response than your upstream contribution.