Text/Yangcheng Evening News All Media Reporter Zhang Hua
Video/Lingnan Famous Doctor Studio
The knee joint is one of the largest and most complex joints in the human body. It consists of the femur, tibia, and patella. The surfaces of the three touching each other form a joint. There are cartilage, meniscus, ligaments and other structures in the joint. The meniscus is like a cushion, which plays the role of buffering, shock absorption and partial stability.
From childhood to adulthood, the articular surface is used a lot. When walking, squatting, and standing up, the pressure on the articular surface is not small, and the wear and tear of the knee joint cartilage is a gradual change. The process, from a local, a small amount of mild injury may gradually progress to more serious. Therefore, many people have also proposed that the knee joint should be used sparingly. Therefore, is it better to take the elevator or take the stairs? This is something that many office workers struggle with.
Li Jieruo, director of the Sports Medicine Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, pointed out that if there is an elevator, try to choose an elevator, but this does not mean that taking the stairs will definitely hurt the knee joint.
If it is only a few floors, middle-aged and young people, and there is no problem with the knees, climbing the stairs several times a day will not hurt the knees much. On the contrary, it will exercise the muscles around the knees, which can play a Protect the function of the knee joint.
Everything has a degree. Li Jieruo pointed out that if you climb the stairs too often or the floor is very high, you may even buy groceries and climb with heavy objects. Seven or eight-story buildings, or even ten-story buildings, under such a load, the load on the joints is relatively large. Over time, you may find that your knee joint is sore and painful. Therefore, experts suggest that if you are in a hurry or the knee joint is not in good condition, there must be nothing wrong with taking the elevator; but occasionally climbing a few floors every day, and climbing a dozen floors a day is actually good for the knee joint. , does not necessarily wear out the joints. (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)