Have you heard the TV commercial? * "For every pound of weight that you lose you reduce 4 times as much pressure from your knees." I've lost 128 lbs of pressure from my knees. :)))
While ending a visit to my Mom's, I decided to walk down the stairs from a 7th fl. apartment. Half way down I noticed how effortless it felt. Any one who has had problems with their knees knows, going down stairs can be very painful. Every time your foot lands, there is a painful reverberation that strikes your knee then goes to your hip. Painful. My right knee in particular is still sensitive and needs some medical care, but now the pain does not radiate to my hip. A very good thing!
*Publication: "Weight Loss Reduces Knee-Joint Loads in Overweight and Obese Older Adults With Knee Osteoarthritis," Stephen P. Messier, David J. Gutekunst, Cralen Davis, and Paul DeVita, Arthritis & Rheumatism, July 2005; 52:7; pp. 2026-2032.
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