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Tags: weight management, Knee Joint, Hip Joint, Ankle Joint, Spinalogy Clinic

Weight, the constantly changing factor. Variation in weight may influence the load on your joints. It is easier to do any activity when your weight is in check, but excess weight restricts you from doing even a simple task. It’s a fact that being overweight can put a lot of stress and load on your joints, especially the knee joint and hip joint, ankle joint, and lower back. Approximately 1.5 to 2 times your body weight is applied to your knees during walking. These weight-bearing joints may experience as much as four times the pressure for every kilogram of additional body weight. This implies that your knee joints may experience up to 20 kg of stress if you carry an extra 5 kg. Carrying too much weight puts more strain on your knees, which can cause discomfort and inflammation as well as more cartilage deterioration.