How Active Should You Be to Stay Healthy?

17 Oct How Active Should You Be to Stay Healthy?

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Many patients know that exercise is something healthy that many people participate in to stay in shape. However, exercise isn’t just for losing weight. Studies show that exercise is important for total body wellness and can even help you live longer. Other studies have found that those who exercise actually live longer than those who don’t. Why? Frequent physical activity can keep your weight down and can lower your risk for problems such as heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol and more. If you have ailments, injuries or chronic conditions that limit your ability to exercise, you still have options! There are many physical therapy treatments that can help you be healthy and keep your body in shape without making your condition worse. Learn more about how exercise can help you be healthier and what your options are when your ability is limited.

 

Exercise Helps You to Stay Healthy

Did you know that the average American needs about 150 minutes per week of moderate exercise to stay healthy? This is one of the recommendations made by the American Heart Association, and one that has been shown to lengthen a person’s life. 150 minutes of exercise breaks down into 5 days of exercise, doing 30 minutes a day. If you do strenuous exercising, you only need about 75 minutes a week to stay healthy. Besides dieting right, staying physically fit is one of the most important activities you need to do if you want to stay healthy.

 

Exercising has been proven to reduce a person’s risk for many chronic conditions that have become so prevalent worldwide. Some of those conditions include obesity, heart disease, stroke, high cholesterol, diabetes, and even depression. If you don’t have enough time to devote a half hour of exercise each day, try breaking up your exercise in 5 or 10 minute segments here or there. It’s actually good for your body if you are constantly active throughout your day, as your circulation can always be flowing well to keep your tissues and organs healthy. The bottom line is that any exercise is better than no exercise!

 

Static Exercises for Limited Mobility

What if you don’t do well with strenuous exercises or you can’t do them due to illness, injury, or mobility? You can still exercise! Static exercises are perfect for those who can’t exercise dynamically or strenuously. These exercises are also known as “isometrics” and are exercises that involve little or no movement. How is this possible? Basically, with isometrics, you are focusing on a muscle group of the body and tightening those muscles to strengthen them. Static training could be sitting in a squat position and holding it for a minute. It could also simply involve holding your arms out straight. You hold a position for a specific amount of time to tone that group of muscles.

 

Static exercises are quite effective for physical rehabilitation purposes and to help tone muscles that have atrophied or been injured. They are also great for the elderly or those who cannot get around well. Studies show that isometrics can increase your muscular endurance and strength while toning your muscles. Plus, it saves patients from having to lift weights, especially heavy objects that could cause injury. You can stay healthy with static exercising. In fact, many have become quite fit through these exercises.

 

Rehabilitative Therapies for Those Who Need Help

We have many therapies and services to help our patients get a leg up in life and get active once more. Some of these therapies include chiropractic care, trigger-point therapy, neuropathy treatment, auto-accident evaluation, non-narcotic pain management and many more. One of our most effective therapies for those who want to be active but struggle with chronic conditions or injuries is our vibration exercises.

 

This is a revolutionary treatment option for patients who can’t get around well. The technique involves platforms that deliver intense vibrations throughout the body without pain or discomfort. A patient simply has to stand on our vibration machine (with or without help), where the platform then vibrates, sending those vibrations to your body. These vibrations cause the muscles to tense and relax dozens of times per second, leaving them stretched and toned after just a few minutes. This therapy is therapeutic and can help tone muscles that have atrophied, helping your body to be stronger. It’s also a powerful tool for improving performance in athletes that want to keep their muscles toned in the off season.

 

Stay Active to Stay Healthy

Even if you struggle to get around, there are always ways to eat better and be active during your day. For some, they manage to do this on their own. For others, they need a little help with rehabilitative therapies. No matter what you have to do to stay healthy and active, it will benefit you in the long run. You will lengthen your life and can avoid many chronic health conditions, making life much more enjoyable. If you would like to know more ways to stay healthy, or want to learn about our rehabilitative therapies, call our Mile High Spine & Pain Center office today at (720) 507-0080!



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