It seems almost counterintuitive that running wouldn’t eventually lead to some form of joint injury or degeneration. Some key recent studies however, suggest that runners are at no greater risk of knee injury than non-runners. The conventional wisdom of running equals bad knees actually had

some scientific validation in the form of a 1999 study, showing that women who actively participated in heavy physical sports as teenagers had higher-than-average risk of developing hip osteoarthritis. Continue reading…

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Running: Not So Bad For Knees After-all