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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Walking is so much better for your joints. I know so many former long distance runners who did serious damage to their knees and hips, to the point where they needed replacements in their 40’s and 50’s.[/quote]

Contrary to popular belief, running is not necessarily worse for your joints than walking. In fact, it’s been found that running regularly may even help prevent joint problems later on. In a study published in 2017 in the journal Arthritis Care & Research, almost 59% of non-runners had osteoarthritis in their knees compared to 53% of runners.[/quote]

It is dependent on what your knees and other joints are like to begin with. If you have healthy alignment and no knee issues before becoming a runner this is true. If you have pre-existing issues then running can exacerbate them. I had to quit running due to issues with my patella (the groove it slides in is too shallow and the repetitive impact of running increased the instability of the joint) and my hips (alignment issues since a pregnancy shifted my pelvis permanently that can be addressed with PT but running makes it worse and causes more pain).

Walking on the other hand does not make either of these conditions worse and actually is a big part of my PT for my hips. So now instead of running I walk (and bike and hike and kayak) and combined with weight lifting I'm in better shape than I ever was as a runner when I had chronic pain and injury due to the effect of running on my body.[/quote]

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