{"id":51682,"date":"2020-03-12T12:33:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T08:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/knee-pain-during-hiking\/"},"modified":"2020-12-21T11:13:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T07:13:31","slug":"knee-pain-during-hiking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/knee-pain-during-hiking\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do knees hurt during hiking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a long hike our body feels like it’s “worn out”. This can lead to a number of unpleasant feelings. One of them is knee pain during hiking. Let’s try to understand what we can do to prevent and stop this unpleasant pain.<\/p>\n\n

Why do we feel knee pain while walking?<\/h3>\n

Many people feel knee pain during hiking. During hikes the knees are more loaded than during a regular walk around the city. This is due to the fact, that we walk on uneven terrain and steep slopes, with a heavy backpack on our shoulders. The quality of the shoes also affects the condition of the knees. Regularly making the same mistakes, as a result of constant physical activity, you can seriously damage your knees. Keep in mind that treating knee and joint injuries is a long and expensive process. And a competent prevention is much simpler and cheaper.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Knee pain during hiking<\/p><\/div>\n

Going down the mountain and each time putting the foot to the ground, the knee gets hit. And going up, you push yourself up and load the knee joints. Of course we can’t avoid steep slopes, but we can follow several rules that will reduce the load on the legs.<\/p>\n\n

*Choose the right clothes and equipment<\/strong><\/p>\n