Surprisingly there is lot to obsess about in Running for such a simple activity.
For example, each feet has 26 bones, 30 joints and 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments (https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/about-arthritis/where-it-hurts/anatomy-of-the-foot). And of course you can obsess about each one of them. This is really impressive that just the two feet have 25% of all the bones in human body.
But feet are at the tail end of things to obsess about. Running shoes are much higher in the list. The astounding number of choices available boggles the mind. Recently, my friend introduced me to barefoot running shoes and that was a personal breakthrough for me for reducing knee inflammation that has bogged me for last few years.
Reducing knee inflammation is really big deal. I have come across many people who are curious about Running but avoid it because of risk of knee injury. But like all other activities in life, the risk has to be managed. If you are wanting to run for health benefits and do not have any other related health constraints, it is easy to manage risk of knee injury by running slow, using barefoot shoes and doing some simple knee strengthening exercises.
If you have related health constraints that prevents you from Running you can always do other exercises such as walking…
