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I do love running and indeed it's better to jog slowly for longer time... though, to avoid injuries - please do exercises before and after because you can easil
by ktosobcy 2y ago
I do love running and indeed it's better to jog slowly for longer time... though, to avoid injuries - please do exercises before and after because you can easily injure your (lower-)back and knees (talking from experience, chronic lower-back pain after ~20y of running…)
- ulnarkressty 2y agoThere are no exercises that restore joints which are degenerating. Most likely you would have gotten 5-10 more pain-free years without the running, but it would have come anyway at some point. The increased cardio health and bone density does help sweeten the terrible deal though.
- jimhefferon 2y agoJust a note to encourage you to see a physical therapist, before deciding that there's nothing to do. I've been a jogger since 1971, started having back pain all the time. A physical therapist gave me 15 minutes worth of exercises everyday. Pain gone. Good luck!
- ktosobcy 2y agoI have degenerated disk already so PT and exercises helps somewhat but it's not going away sadly...
- lukas099 2y agoMany, many people have such mechanical abnormalities and never experience pain. Many people without such abnormalities do experience pain. There’s surprisingly little association between them.
- ktosobcy 2y agoYeah, that's another thing that neurologist and neurosurgeon told me... all in all last year changed my perspective on medicine and how much we actually know about our bodies :D
- jimhefferon 2y agoSorry you can't run. Best wishes.
- lukas099 2y agoThis type of talk is harmful. The risks of not exercising absolutely dwarf the risks of exercising, and telling people that they are going to injure themselves by “doing it wrong” makes them less likely to exercise. It also makes them more likely to feel pain, since pain has biological, psychological, and social inputs.