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Everything you need to know about your knees and running

Runner's World Podcast

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Is Running Bad for Your Knees?

Knee is influenced by so many different elements, and has these tricky components within it. The balancing act of the knee tends to take quite a lot of the brunt. So even though the quadrucep is described as a ne extensor, it's actually controlling decelerating nee flexion which is the more important role. When you slam your foot down into the ground, that quadruceps gon to do a lot of work to stop that nee just flex flex flex to the point you're on the floor. That's where those big forces are coming in.

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