{"id":8882,"date":"2017-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-osteoarthritis-recreational-running-lowers-arthritis-risk\/"},"modified":"2017-06-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T00:00:00","slug":"condition-osteoarthritis-recreational-running-lowers-arthritis-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/condition-osteoarthritis-recreational-running-lowers-arthritis-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Running May Be Good for Your Knees and Hips, and Marathons Aren't Necessary"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you love regular fun runs, then this news is for you. Moderate levels of recreational running may be the sweet spot for healthy knees and hips, according to a new scientific review in the Journal of Orthpaedic & Sports Physical Therapy<\/i>. Compared with people who ran competitively or not at all, middle-of-the-pack athletes had lower rates of osteoarthritis<\/a> over time.<\/p>\n The meta-analysis, which combined data from 17 previous studies involving a total of 114,829 people, also concluded that running at a casual level for up to 15 years—and possibly longer—is safe for healthy individuals.<\/p>\n RELATED: Best New Running Gear<\/strong><\/p>\n Overall, the international team of researchers found that only 3.5% of recreational runners developed hip or knee arthritis over the periods they were monitored for their studies. This was true for both male and female runners who reported running in amateur, non-professional contexts.<\/p>\n People who reported not running at all had a 10.2% chance of developing hip or knee arthritis. Meanwhile, those who were classified as elite or professional runners, or who competed internationally, had a 13.3% chance.<\/p>\n Research on running and joint health has, not surprisingly, delivered mixed results. But many studies have suggested some protective effects. A 2016 report from Brigham Young University, for example, found that running for 30 minutes reduced inflammatory markers<\/a> around the knee joint.<\/p>\n The new meta-analysis didn’t group runners by mileage or intensity, because the definitions for recreational versus competitive varied between studies and were not always quantified with these measures. But in other research, they note, logging more than 57 miles per week has been linked to an increased risk of arthritis in these same joints.<\/p>\n