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On a sunny morning in Beijing, the temperature gradually climbed, and the heat for days made Zhou Lin feel that his appetite was greatly reduced.
He thought it was just the weather, but a few days passed and the situation didn't improve.
Zhou Lin is a middle school history teacher, usually work under little pressure, and his life is regular, and this sudden discomfort makes him a little confused.
"Maybe I've been walking too much lately. Zhou Lin thought that he had recently developed the habit of taking a walk every morning to relax.
But as he gained weight and the years passed, his knees began to protest frequently.
For a few days, Zhou Lin felt a dull pain in his knees when he woke up in the morning, and when he walked, it was like walking on a needle. In desperation, he decided to go to the hospital for an examination, hoping to find the root cause of the problem.
In the hospital, after a series of examinations, the doctor's words surprised Zhou Lin.
"If you take another walk like this, your knees will really 'retire'. The doctor said, his tone was both serious and a little playful, obviously trying to ease Zhou Lin's nervousness.
The doctor explained in detail several ways of walking that affect the health of the knees. The first is walking too fast.
Zhou Lin usually likes to walk briskly, and this kind of high-speed walking actually has a great impact on the knees, especially on hard ground, and every step brings additional pressure to the knee joint.
The second harmful form of walking is walking for long periods of time in a row.
In order to pursue health, Zhou Lin often walks for an hour or two, and this long-term repetitive exercise will gradually wear down the cartilage of the knees, thereby accelerating the degeneration process of the joints.
The third is the improper choice of ground. Zhou Lin's walking routes are mostly cement or asphalt roads, and these hard surfaces have very poor protection for his knees, especially when he walks in inappropriate shoes, there is almost no cushioning effect, which directly increases the burden on his knees.
The doctor advised Zhou Lin to change these walking habits, choose soft ground such as grass or running tracks, reduce the time of walking and adjust the pace appropriately.
At the same time, he also mentioned some specific patient cases as evidence. One of the patients had to undergo artificial knee replacement surgery due to severe knee deterioration due to long-term running on hard surfaces.
Zhou Lin was deeply touched after hearing this, and decided to immediately change his way of walking.
He began to choose dirt trails in the park, bought a pair of professional sneakers, and controlled each walk to no more than forty minutes.
After a few months, Zhou Lin felt that the pain in his knees had decreased significantly, his weight had also decreased, and his whole person looked more refreshed. He couldn't help but sigh that a small step of change can make a big leap forward in health.
At the end of the story, we can't help but ask, if it wasn't for the timely discovery and change of walking habits, what would have happened to Zhou Lin's knees?
In this regard, a detailed analysis shows that continuing the wrong walking habit may lead to further degeneration of the knee, increasing the likelihood of surgery, which can have a serious impact on Zhou Lin's quality of life.
Therefore, timely lifestyle modification is of great significance for the prevention of joint pathology.
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