If a post is all telling you how important it is to wear knee pads, most of those people are selling knee pads. Today I want to use my personal experience to talk to you about the truth!
First of all, we must be sure, the person who sells the knee pads
The [benefits] of knee pads 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
1- Knee pads can enhance the stability of joints
For patients with knee joint injuries or lesions, the role of knee pads is very important at the beginning of activities on the ground. It can stabilize the joints, not only avoid the aggravation of joint pain, but also facilitate the recovery of their own functional rehabilitation exercises.
2- Knee pads have a good thermal effect
Especially for knee joint pain caused by cold stimulation, it can be well relieved with knee pads.
So aren’t knee pads great? 🤔
I thought so too, so when my knees were normal a few years ago, I followed the trend and ran with knee pads for “pre-protection”. However, it didn’t take long before I was slapped in the face! [failure] [failure] [failure]
So I studied [the reason behind] 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
1- Wearing knee pads for a long time will significantly weaken the strength of the muscles around the knee joint, and the muscles will atrophy, which is not conducive to the stability of the knee joint the first reason for
2- The knee pads used to stabilize the joints will have a strong sense of restraint, so the additional resistance to joint movement will lead to changes in the way the muscles exert force. While driving the limbs to complete the action, additional strength is required to drive the knee pads, which will lead to early appearance Fatigue ⚠️⚠️⚠️The more complex the structure, especially the knee pads with hard supports, the more it will affect the joint mobility.
3- Unconstrained knee pads are only suitable for keeping warm, and the protective effect is basically negligible.
4- The patella belt will indeed increase the stress of the patella joint and make the knee more powerful, but the increased pressure also means increased loss. Whether this stress change is good or bad for the joint depends on the specific situation. It should be said that at least it can promote Risk of joint degenerative processes. ⚠️⚠️⚠️
My first “knee pads” were just like this, and after running a few times with normal knees, they caused knee discomfort instead. ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Some people may say: maybe your own muscle strength is insufficient? Running posture problem? Wait… You know, I trained 1⃣️ hours a day for 9⃣️ years ago, and I have a certain level of physical fitness! 🙃
To sum up, I would like to share with you more ideas, different positions, different perspectives, different opinions, welcome to discuss. 🤗
I hope we can all find the way that suits us best and stick to it for life. [muscle] [muscle] [muscle]