Medicine is broken: Washington Post: Running doesn't hurt your knees, it helps them but more than 50% of docs think it hurt

Wrong.

I listened to local NPR once, and they had a show that surprisingly wasn't about race/gender - it was a doctor "debunking myths about running" and was the most hobbyjogger show ever. Someone said that completing a marathon in 6+ hours is more impressive and takes more effort than completing it in 2 since you're on your feet for much longer.

Washington Post is also racist and fake news. Editorial is woke, and the reporting has gone downhill

Like you have any business posting about medicine. You believe the covid hoax and the vax scam. Shut up and and turn off your TV. You’re a disgrace for reading that nonsense and ignoring the publicly disclosed Pfizer data.

Lmao triggered much? 🤣

My knees are slightly larger compared to 20 or 30 years ago. Fluid has built up and become a natural lubricant. My knees crack a lot, especially late at night, but at age 62, I have absolutely no pain or discomfort in my knees. (35:39 in a 4 mile race 2 weeks ago).

Bobby Orr played hockey in the days before widespread use of advanced microsurgical techniques (arthroscopy, etc.). He could skate with incredibly controlled precision, turning 180 degrees in a split second. That ability put severe wear on his knees. He played his last NHL game at age 30.

It could be valuable to compare Bobby Orr's style and motions as a hockey player to longtime distance runners.

"Medicine is broken" - that's your takeaway from the article? Are you serious Rojo? Nowhere in the article does it say the idea that running is bad for your knees is common in the medical community - just the opposite, it says that this is "popular opinion" i.e. the general public. If you actually clicked on the linked study, you'd see that 86% of health care professionals (not just doctors) believe that running is healthy for the knees, vs. 68% of the general public. Just to be clear, here was their conclusion:

I run with a bunch of 60-65 year olds that have been running for ~50 plus years regularly and a few can get close to 30 min for an 8k still. Sure they've got a bunch of issues, gbut they have way fewer knee issues than most people that age I know who have never run.

Almaz Ayana would most certainly refute the contention that running strengthens the knees. It’s taken her almost five years and two knee reconstructions involving cartilage from a deceased donor. It was believed she may never again run at the highest level. Which is why she and her agents representative Yvonne Van Haperen were so emotional after her victory in Amsterdam at the weekend

It's a decent argument that medical professionals do not keep up with current literature, advances in the field etc...

There's a reason that drug companies, for example, have to spend so much on marketing. Doctors often just don't know about new findings/drugs/etc.

Doctors are r*****ed. We found this out with covid. There’s a reason I haven’t had a physical in 6 yrs and I’m heathy as can be. Just stuck paying for excessive health insurance cause of all the people out there that don’t take care of themselves

This is all you need to know on the topic:

Some people who run develop knee issues over time.

Some people who don't run develop knee issues over time.

Some runners develop knee issues specifically from running.

Some non-runners develop knee issues from non-running activity

Some runners never develop knee issues

Runners as a whole do not have more knee issues than non-runners

Wouldn’t that argument apply to all distance then? It takes me 2 minutes to “finish” a quarter mile. I am more impressive than Michael Johnson!

1) almost all the healthcare providers in the study were physiotherapist not MDs.

2) it is pretty obvious that health care marketing is designed to target the subconscious of whatever group it targets

3) there is such a thing as continuing medical education

i have seen what medicine informed by marketing looks like, and it is ugly

Did you forgot to take your meds rojo?

This is why you think medicine is broken? Not that it's an industrial complex designed to profit off sick people rather than prevent illness??

"Medicine is broken"?

Don't think you read the article.

Problem is the general public is ill/mal informed often on purpose and totally science illiterate

WTF is this thread even about?

Medicine is broken because doctors spend more time doing paperwork than examining their patients.

Yes, and Bob down the street never ran much and also had two knee surgeries. That's why you don't base broad conclusions on anecdotes but rather data from a large population set.