Is the stairmaster bad for knees?

kparks2
kparks2 Posts: 121 Member
edited December 17 in Fitness and Exercise
Google is not muc help. Trying to burn up cals but did a 5K and wore the wrong shoes so wanna not kill my knees or ankles.

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  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    I'm going to say it's low impact and therefore not bad?
  • ljdanny
    ljdanny Posts: 2,152 Member
    i have bad knees and my doctor told me to stay far away from stairs.
  • Rawr1978
    Rawr1978 Posts: 245 Member
    Bad knees, stay away from the stairmaster. Think about it. You are constantly putting a bend to your knees on stairs...
    What i find AWESOME for knees is the Arc Trainer. If your gym has one, get on it!!! Don't put it on incline, leave it at the lowest setting , vary the resistance if you must.
  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    You are going to bend your knees doing pretty much any cardio exercise. The impact relates to the amount of weight that is being applied.
  • seal57
    seal57 Posts: 1,259 Member
    I have bad knees and I know to stay away from stairs......which is hard as I have stairs outside my unit...........
  • katglaze
    katglaze Posts: 45 Member
    My DR and PT told me never again to do stairs or stair master. I have bad knees.
  • Skeebee
    Skeebee Posts: 740 Member
    i have bad knees and my doctor told me to stay far away from stairs.

    Mine too. I have patellaer tracking disorder in both knees and stairs are HUGE no no for knee problems.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    I have bad knees and my Dr. said actual stairs are bad because of the impact (and the fact that I am overweight so that makes the impact worse).

    He said stair type activities where there is no impact of the foot on a lower stair is fine and will actually help strengthen the muscles that I don't use as much as I should because I avoid stairs.
  • jcr85
    jcr85 Posts: 229
    I have pretty bad jumpers knee from years of playing basketball and I do the stair master five days a week and have had no problems. You probably do more damage to your knees while running than you would on a stair master.
  • kparks2
    kparks2 Posts: 121 Member
    Thanks all. I appreciate the responses. I do not have bad knees but after my first 5k I am detecting some soreness due to wearing the wrong kind of shoe and I am looking for a good cardio workout without putting more pressure but that makes sense. Thanks
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