The doctor said that walking 654.38+100000 steps every day is an exercise method, which is no problem for young people, but not suitable for everyone. Especially for middle-aged and elderly people, it is not recommended that middle-aged and elderly people walk too much.
The reason is that the knee joint is the joint that bears the most weight and exercises the most, and it is also the joint that degenerates the earliest and suffers the most damage in the human body. The knee joint of middle-aged and elderly people has been physically degraded, and some people have knee osteoarthritis, so the knee joint itself is seriously worn. If you still insist on walking 1000 steps every day, it is easy to have the problem of knee joint swelling and pain aggravation.
In outpatient service, doctors often meet such patients. Because they watched TV health programs and said that it is good to walk 1000 steps every day, these people really insist on walking every day. As a result, their knees were swollen and they could not walk for a long time.
For example, in order to lose weight, 57-year-old Mr. Liu insists on walking every day, and the number of steps is above 1000. For nearly half a month, Mr. Liu felt his legs were heavy and uncomfortable, and his knees were hard to stretch and bend. After examination, it was diagnosed as synovitis of the knee joint. Dr. Zhao said that Mr. Liu just walked too much because of excessive exercise and hurt his knee.
Synovitis of knee joint refers to a non-infectious inflammatory reactive disease that causes synovial membrane injury or rupture when knee joint is subjected to acute trauma or chronic strain, resulting in bleeding or effusion in knee joint cavity.
The disease is divided into acute trauma and chronic injury. Acute traumatic synovitis, more common in young people who love sports; Chronic traumatic synovitis mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people, obese people or people with overweight knee joints, and Mr. Liu belongs to the latter.
For this kind of patients, it is recommended to rest first and then walk after the treatment is relieved.
Middle-aged and elderly people should walk step by step.
The principle of walking exercise for middle-aged and elderly people is gradual, which varies from person to person.
For example, it is advisable for middle-aged and elderly people to walk without pain every day. The time depends on the individual situation, and should not exceed too much, otherwise it will easily cause knee joint problems.
Normal people walk 6000- 10000 steps every day. For middle-aged and elderly people, walking should not be excessive every day, and it is best not to exceed 1 0,000 steps. In addition, sports that cause trauma or strain should be reduced, and knee joint load and flexion and extension activities should be reduced.