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Does walking daily cause knee joint damage?
The term "knee damage" can encompass many different conditions and injuries so let's just examine at some of the more common ones you might be looking at:
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis of the knee ...
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Walking as a healthy habit for the aged and my doctor's thoughts on it
I'm a physical therapist (PT) - considering we specialize in the application of movement and exercise.
Consistency NOT time of day is the key to any exercise regimen.
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How likely is it to get Leptospirosis from running or walking in an urban setting in rainy days?
Leptospirosis is a bacterial infection spread through contact with animal urine or water and soil contaminated by animal urine.[1]
Rain falling from the sky isn't contaminated by animal urine, so it's ...
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Does walking daily cause knee joint damage?
1) Walking can actually help, even in people who already have osteoarthritis.
Daily walking and the risk of incident functional limitation in knee OA: An observational study (Arthritis Care Research, ...
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Are big city residents healthier due to walking? (all else roughly equal)
If all other variables are constant then yes.
In real life it depends.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098122/
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