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Distinctive Home Physical Therapy Newsletter: Exercise-Your Biggest Gift This Holiday Season
16/11/10 09:12
The average American gains 5 or more pounds during the holiday season, which makes it important to follow a structured exercise program as quickly as possible during or after the holidays.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 68% of adults in the United States of America are overweight or obese. A physical therapist is the right individual to prescribe a structured exercise program to overweight individuals. In fact, if there was a pill that could solve most ailments - high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, it would, quite simply, be called: EXERCISE.
It is recommended that all individuals exercise regularly for optimum health. Several studies show how beneficial regular exercise really is:
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 68% of adults in the United States of America are overweight or obese. A physical therapist is the right individual to prescribe a structured exercise program to overweight individuals. In fact, if there was a pill that could solve most ailments - high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, it would, quite simply, be called: EXERCISE.
It is recommended that all individuals exercise regularly for optimum health. Several studies show how beneficial regular exercise really is:
- A 2008 study published in Physical Therapy Journal found that when people with type 2 diabetes participated in “aerobic exercise and high-force eccentric resistance exercise”, it helped with glucose control, body fat control, and physical performance.
- A 2009 study published in the Journal of Strength Conditioning demonstrated that exercise was effective for improving bone health in individuals with osteoporosis, a disease that affects more than 200 million people worldwide.
- Did you know that exercise seemed to be one of the few remedies that helped reduce pain for low back pain sufferers? A 2009 study in Spine Journal summarized 20 different clinical trials. It seemed that while many other prevention methods failed, exercise not only helped prevent pain, but also prevent back pain-related loss of workdays.
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