I've become something of a connoisseur of articles on knees. You know -- that concatenation of bone, ligament, muscle and tendon that separates your shins from your thighs? Endurance athletes tend to have a lot of trouble with 'em. I'm certainly no exception, as Velophoriacs know too well from early posts here, detailing part of my odyssey with knee issues.In my Firefox bookmarks folder, I must have over forty articles on knees: Physiology, strengthening, stretching, self-massage, blah, blah, blah. But ever since I recently bought a nice pair of running shoes and started fooling around with trying to run again, I've done a bunch of research on knees in the running literature. That's when I found this gem. I was surprised; I'm disappointed by Runner's World's tendency to print quickie sidebars entitled something like, "Five Tips for Joint Health." Useless. Nonetheless, this full-length piece is the best (and most enjoyable) summary of all the thinking, past, present and cutting edge, about knees I have read so far.
If you have any good ones yourself, feel free to post in the comments section.
2 comments:
My sweetheart has occasional knee trouble, and is starting to train again. Didn't yet get a chance to read this, but I'm hoping it will be valuable. Thanks for sharing it!
NOL, if your sweetheart wants to compare notes... I have way too many thoughts on the matter! For me, the main trouble has been patellar femoral pain syndrome (much better these days) and ITBS.
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