Can running be good for your knees?

I was passed a link to this article by a friend of mine who is currently recovering from a broken femur and some pretty severe knee/muscular problems as a result.

Can Running Actually Help Your Knees? NY Times article

It may not be a surprise to many of us, but I think there is still that latent “wisdom” around that runners risk knee injury. Maybe they do, but this article would suggest that isn’t a useful philosophy.

I’m not in the habit of posting “general” running stuff because there is so much out there, but I thought this was a good one. In fact, this article is part of a series of very good New York Times physiology articles, so I will put a link on the websites page.