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Singaporeans love running. It is the most accessible sport around, as anyone and everyone are able to do it. However as much as this sport of passion benefitted our health, injuries are also part and parcel of it, especially when stresses are transmitted to our ankles & knees with every step our foot impacted the ground.

Here are some examples of peak loads that occur on the surfaces of a knee joint during various sport’s activities according to Kuster2000 :

1) Bicycling produces loads of 1.2 BW (Body Weight)
2) Power walking produce loads of 4 times BW
3) Jogging produces loads of 9 times BW
4) Squatting produces 3.5 times BW

If you weighs 92kgs, when you runs, you will be subjecting your knees to a stress of 828kgs or 414kg per knee!

Similarly, each time you walk, you will exert 276 kg force on both your knees or 138 kg on each knees !

About 30-40% of Singaporeans are recreational runners, who train consistently and participates in long distance races - they are the most likely to sustain such injuries on the knees and feet. However, many people do not realize how vulnerable they are and thus did not take the necessary precautions and only to find that in later years, they would experience pain in their knees or legs. Regular accumulation of muscle tear and joint degeneration will eventually lead to more serious injuries over time.

In a recent pilot survey, it was found that the following percentage of respondents is suffering from either leg or knee injury.

1) 25 % between age 21 to 40 - experienced slight pain
2) 62.5% between age 41 to 65 - experienced slight pain
3) 100% between age 66 to 80 - experienced sharp pain

It can be clearly seen that these injuries are age-related, and the consequential severity of the injuries could be due to their body weight and the activities they are exposed to.

No doubt it is difficult to predict when and who will develop knee or leg injuries, the trend seems to indicate that it will happen to a majority of us. It is prudent to take the necessary precautions to reduce the rate of wear and tear on our knees.

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