Climbing has harm to the knee, will lead to wear and tear of the knee cartilage, accelerate the degenerative changes of the knee joint.
Climbing, the knee joint will bear several times the weight of walking on the ground, due to alternating knee flexion and extension activities, the knee squeeze pressure increases, resulting in femoral condyles and knee cartilage friction force increases, the patella and femur of the constant friction, resulting in knee cartilage wear.
Short-term climbing activities, through rest, the human body can rely on its own repair capacity to repair the worn cartilage. If a long time climbing sports, knee joint internal friction impact can continue to damage the knee cartilage, once more than the human body’s repair function, ultimately leading to chondromalacia patella, osteoarthritis occurs.
Climbing caused by the knee injury is recommended to regular hospitals, physicians under the guidance of treatment.