Climbing up to your knees, the faster you go downhill, the faster you walk

Health 8:10am, 3 September 2025 194

People with familiar love for mountains are often worried that the more they climb, the faster the knees degenerate, and the days of wandering in the mountains are forced to end early. Ups and downs actually have pressure on your knees, but as long as you avoid NG movements, you can protect yourself from injury and keep your mountain climbing long and long.

Xu Jianhong, attending physician of the Rehabilitation Department of Taipei Medical University Affiliated Hospital, analyzed that the pressure on the uphill is related to the angle of the knee joint curve. The larger the angle, the greater the pressure on the knee joint. When going downhill, in order to stabilize your body, the muscles on the front and back sides of the thighs must be used at the same time to produce a "car" effect. At this time, the weight and muscles will cause pressure on the knee joint.

In the past, studies have found that when the knee bends, as the angle increases, the pressure on the knee is as much as three to seven times that of the knee is stretched. Therefore, Xi Jianhong suggested that if you don’t have the habit of sports or just start climbing, choose to smooth the road surface first, and don’t challenge the slope that is too slanted at once, so as not to be unable to stand it.

Lin Gao, director of the New Sports Medical Center, said that when you go downhill, it is easy to move faster and faster because of gravity acceleration. Lin Qiao Kai observed that when many people are going uphill, their center of gravity will move forward slightly. There is no doubt about this part, but when they go downhill, they often see many people walking faster and faster. Finally, they stand upright, bulge their stomachs, and swing their legs down quickly, and the sound of their feet falling to the ground is also loud.

Lin Lukai said that this movement means that the core muscles and leg muscles are not stable, and the weight of the body is supported by the way the spine and knee joints are stuck, which hurts the waist and knees. Lin Ke suggested that when going downhill, you should tighten your abdomen, tighten your core, and slow down your footsteps. If you pass through a steeper slope, you can also flexibly change to go down the mountain to stop slipping on the outside of your foot to avoid moving faster and faster.