Isn't that partly due to the angle women have from their hips to their knees that men don't? My doctor was explaining that to me and telling me about how there are particular exercises that can strengthen the leg to counteract that inherent weakness in the female structure, but most women don't know about this and therefore end up with a lot of knee injuries.
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Isn't that partly due to the angle women have from their hips to their knees that men don't? My doctor was explaining that to me and telling me about how there are particular exercises that can strengthen the leg to counteract that inherent weakness in the female structure, but most women don't know about this and therefore end up with a lot of knee injuries.
Don't actually know about that but sounds interesting, nice one Red. I would love to read that article Tony is referring to.
I once attended a seminar called "Run Like A Child". What's interesting is that children don't necessarily know about or even care about proper running form they just do it and typically injury free. You don't see a bunch of kids running with knee braces on the playground. I know that anatomically their bones and muscles are not developed like an adults are but they do run naturally! The premise of this seminar was for the runner to focus on "obvious" good form for performance purposes but to basically run with your natural gate and run as a child would and without too much thought as to what you are doing. Not sure I agree or disagree but it was interesting and made some good points.
The "Q-Angle" and some of the problems it causes for women's knees and ACL's. Probably better articles out there but I'm lazy and this is the first thing that popped up.
Me, I like my lovely leggings that hug and support my joints and muscles. They make my knees feel great after a run. CW-X is my friend.
Me, I like my lovely leggings that hug and support my joints and muscles. They make my knees feel great after a run. CW-X is my friend.
They also tend to weigh about as much as my right foot and don't have enough muscle development to create a force capable of causing injury. That's probably why small kids stay injury free.
i.e. I'm 220lbs and as a teen was a good sprinter, I bet I could still run a 13 second 100m with a few weeks pratice to get back in the swing of it. Now that's 220lbs running at 13s 100m pace. My daughter probably weighs about 30lbs and would run 100m in about 50 seconds (more like 120 after she's stopped to pick flowers). What kind of pressures do you think are being placed on our bodies?
In adult life though, poor form leads to injuries, simple as that. Also, past injuries cause imbalances which lead to more injuries unless they are monitored and form corrected accordingly.
Go track down the person who gave that seminar and give them a slap round the face for me. Sounds like someone trying to say something interesting or controversial in order to make public speaking money while ignoring the facts
I'd say 100% of all athletes will become injured at some point
They didn't say "athletes" they said "women that take it up"Ponder that.
by athletes I'm including anyone who exercises whatsoever
Nobody said not to run; the article definitely didn't say that either, it just said that people who don't know what they're doing shouldn't be running.
Running doesn't get enough respect, people just think they can put one foot in front of the other quite fast and that means they're doing themselves some good but in fact it's an exercise like any other and should be researched first, proper form developed and then intensity increased over time.
Will not. :action13:
Welp, in my pretend world, injury means "sustained physical damage manifesting diminished functionality beyond the short-term". Stiff necks and tight backs are mildly uncomfortable (you ****y!
) but they don't stop you from doing things. A pulled muscle doesn't count, either, in my usage, because it's nothing one can't recover from in a few hours.****, by your metric, successfully getting out of (or into
) bed is an injury. :cool3:Welp, in my pretend world, injury means "sustained physical damage manifesting diminished functionality beyond the short-term". Stiff necks and tight backs are mildly uncomfortable (you ****y!
****, by your metric, successfully getting out of (or into
that's a unique perspective. sooo, if a muscle is pulled completely off the bone, it's not considered a injury?:cheeky: