does hiking kill your knees

Originally posted by MRJP BUZZ 585 Originally posted by mike ellis but whatever it was on that bloody 3000 has buggered my knees. Were you helming or crewing, cos if you were crewing shouldn't the trapeze be a welcome break for your knees, mind you my knees get sore from a marginal day when i am constantly in and out on the trapeze.

it wasnt marginal but my knees seem to have recoverd now after a bit of cycling. back in the laser this weekend but i dont find a problem with hiking.

Originally posted by Medway Maniac Originally posted by Rob.e but there was an article in Y+Y about hiking that said "if you don't do this exercise, you'll get this problem from hiking", And the exercise was?

 There were various exercises: I think for ex it gave an exercise to stop your feet turning out (duck feet), and another to stop back problems etc. Basically the premise of the article was that hiking develops some muscles, and you have to do other exercises to develop the other related muscles or you get problems such as turned out feet, which then lead to bad knees. I don't keep back issues, so I can't refer back to the article, sorry.

Hannah, your feet are turned out because the top of your thigh bones are pointed slightly backwards compared to the average, leading to turned out feet. This is a variant of normal, and common in girls, especially ballet dancers. Dont worry about it. Just use the same techniqhes described, keep your knee caps pointing up when you hike.

 

Andy Mck

If everyone sailed Int Canoes there wouldn't be any sore knees....straight leg hiking off the end of the plank with feet turned in...now there's a thought!!!  Having had operations on both my knees before sailing an IC, finding a boat that you can hike hard without sore knees is a godsend!