It seemed like a good idea. The Unit for Sports and Exercise Medicine at the University of Helsinki in Finland interviewed 117 former athletes to find out about the condition of their hips.

The athletes included long-distance runners, soccer players, weight lifters and shooters. The idea was to find out whether any of these sports were likely to cause long-term damage to the hip joints.

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As reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, none of the individual sports contributed to hip damage. In fact, the only association found was with how much weight the ex-athletes had gained. Those who had become fat after they stopped competing were the ones who had most of the bone and joint problems.

So don't worry about the risk of sports injuries - the results of not exercising are much worse.

 

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