| Running seems like a safe sport, so many | | | | quadriceps muscle in the opposite direction. |
| people are surprised to learn that it causes | | | | This causes the kneecap to rub against the |
| frequent injuries to muscles, tendons, bones | | | | long bone of the upper leg. Special inserts |
| and joints. During running, your foot strikes | | | | can be placed in running shoes that limit |
| the ground with a force equal to three times | | | | rolling in of the foot and prevent kneecap |
| body weight, a force more than double that of | | | | pain.Bio-mechanics can explain injuries in |
| walking. Many common running injuries have | | | | other sports as well. Low back pain in |
| bio-mechanical causes. For example, pain in | | | | bicycle riders is often treated just by |
| the side of the right knee is often treated | | | | raising the handlebars. Bending over |
| just by getting the runner to stop running on | | | | excessively places excessive stress on the |
| the roads. To facilitate drainage, roads | | | | lower back muscles. Raising the handlebar |
| slope a few degrees from the middle to the | | | | stem can decrease the forces on the lower |
| sides. Running on the side of a road, facing | | | | back and cure the pain. If something hurts |
| traffic, causes the right leg to be higher | | | | when you exercise, ask yourself what you can |
| than the left and a larger proportion of the | | | | do bio-mechanically to eliminate the |
| force of the foot strike to be transmitted up | | | | excessive stress on that part of your |
| to the lateral part of the knee of the higher | | | | body.Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk |
| leg.Pain behind the kneecap is often treated | | | | show host for 25 years and practicing |
| with special inserts in shoes. When you run, | | | | physician for more than 40 years; he is board |
| you land on the outside bottom part of your | | | | certified in four specialties, including |
| foot and roll toward the inside. This causes | | | | sports medicine. Read or listen to hundreds |
| the lower leg to twist inward at the same | | | | of his fitness and health reports at weekly |
| time that the kneecap is pulled by the | | | | newsletter on fitness, health, and nutrition. |