Pay attention to this publication, because today here I am going to show you how science can erase with one kick an old and deep-rooted myth, for a long time it was believed that running could be harmful to back pain and certain joints, especially the knees. .
These beliefs are mainly based on the fact that running is an impact sport, in addition, all of us have experienced it firsthand or know a runner who during their sporting life has suffered back or knee pain at some point, and this is true, but it's also true that out-of-shape sedentary adults have more and worse back and knee problems than most runners.
Among the studies published to date, one of the most complete (I leave it in the reference) compared 675 marathon runners and concluded that the rate of arthritis in active marathon runners, that is, those who run regularly at least once a year, this type of race is lower than the average of the general population in the United States and there is a lot of scientific evidence published in this regard, including with superior distance runners, with ultramarathoners, everything that goes over 42 km.
Another study that is a few years old, but is still the most complete of all, performed daily MRIs on a group of 44 ultramarathoners who in 2012 crossed the entire European continent, from end to end from Italy to the North Cape in Norway.
In that competition the participants ran almost 4,500 km for 64 consecutive days, so you don't have to do the math, I'll do it for you, it's 70 km a day for more than 2 months, day after day, a real madness, that anyone would say is going to kill them. leave without knees, however, the researchers found that the extreme load of running had no relevant negative influence on the joint tissue of the runners.
This means that anyone could try something similar and not have problems with their knees? No, it means that if a person prepared properly and adapted their body to these demands for the necessary time, they should not have problems with their knees.
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