How should long-term runners protect their knees?

Running can make our bodies healthier, but if we run in the wrong way, it will also do great harm to our knees. Therefore, long-term runners should do the following:

1. Eat well and sleep well. Running is a very physical exercise, and people's body consumes a lot. Therefore, in the process of running, we must adjust our diet, increase more nutrition, and ensure adequate sleep at night, so that our body can have enough physical strength to run without damaging our knees.

2. Slow down when going downhill. When going downhill, people lean forward. If they continue downhill, they will easily hurt their knees. When going downhill too fast, people should slow down when going downhill, so that we can run healthily.

3. Warm up before running. Running is not a small sport. During running, the muscles of legs and ankles will move, so it is very important to warm up before running, because only by moving muscles and joints before running can we avoid sprained feet and knee injuries.

4. Choose the runway. Generally speaking, schools have special runways. Runways made of plastic materials can help people avoid a huge impact on their knees when running. Generally speaking, running on a hard road like cement can easily make people feel a huge impact when landing, thus damaging their knees. Choosing to run on the plastic track can better protect their knees.

Step by step. Many female friends want to lose weight by running, so doing a lot of exercise at the beginning of running will do great harm to leg joints and knees. People should pay attention to the gradual process when exercising, and then gradually increase the leg muscles after adapting to this amount of exercise to avoid knee injury during running.

6. Correct posture. Many people hurt their knees when running because of incorrect running posture. People use correct posture when running, for example, when their feet touch the ground, their knees should not be too straight, the distance between each step should be as small as possible, and their toes should touch the ground first when facing the ground. These correct postures can easily avoid knee injuries.