Jogging and Osteoarthritis: Separating Myth from Reality

Is it OK to run with knee pain? Is it a harbinger of osteoarthritis? Doctors usually advise patients with knee pain to forgo jogging and instead, take up walking out of concern it will lead to structural damage within the knees, but apparently, there is no increased risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis among runners as compared to non-runners, researchers report.  In this slideshow, we feature some of the latest studies on knee osteoarthritis with findings that may surprise you.