PT Inquest Episode 84: Running Into Arthritis

Running is bad for your knees. It will wear them down and lead to arthritis. We’ve all heard it and it makes sense, right? But does that really happen? And what does this have to do with Uranus?!

History of Running is Not Associated with Higher Risk of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Osteoarthritis Initiative.
Lo GH, Driban JB, Kriska AM, McAlindon TE, Souza RB, Petersen NJ, Storti KL, Eaton CB, Hochberg MC, Jackson RD, Kwoh CK, Nevitt MC, Suarez-Almazor ME.
Arthritis Care Res. 2016 Jun 22. doi: 10.1002/acr.22939. [Epub ahead of print]

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Music for PT Inquest:
“The Science of Selling Yourself Short” by Less Than Jake
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Photo credit: run by brett lohmeyer via Flickr.

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