Wellness Tip of the Week: Exercise for Better Mood
Did you know that just 10 minutes of exercise can help improve mood, memory, and learning!
-Improve mood: Reduce stress, boost confidence & self-esteem, relax, and create a happier mindset!
-Lift depression: Burning 350 calories via sustained sweat-inducing activities 3 days a week reduced depression as effectively as anti-depressants!!
-Boost creativity: Effective up to 2 hours after exercise.
-Control addiction: By releasing dopamine (the reward chemical), it deprioritizes cravings & reduces dependence.
The Benefits of Exercise Tip #5- Lower Arthritis & Back Pain
Discover all the great things you never knew you’d get out of a regular exercise routine:
According to MayoClinic.org-
Regular low-impact aerobic activities can increase strength and endurance in your back and improve muscle function. Abdominal and back muscle exercises (core-strengthening exercises) may help reduce symptoms by strengthening the muscles around your spine.
Exercise can also reduce arthritis pain, help maintain muscle strength in affected joints and reduce joint stiffness. It can also improve physical function and quality of life for people who have arthritis.
The Benefits of Exercise Tip #2- Better Immune Fuction
Discover all the great things you never knew you’d get out of a regular exercise routine:
Strengthen your immune system! Physical activity may help flush bacteria out of the lungs and airways. This may reduce your chance of getting a cold, flu, or other illness.
Exercise also causes change in antibodies and white blood cells (WBC). WBCs are the body’s
immune system cells that fight disease. These antibodies or WBCs circulate more rapidly, so they could detect illnesses earlier than they might have before. Increased
circulation of worker T cells reduces sick days by 25 to 50%!