Exercise is a great way to stay fit and keep your body in good health. But many people who exercise regularly still get injured. What gives? Well, there are a few ways that exercise can cause injuries—and if you're not careful, you might fall prey to them, too. So let's explore how regular exercise can help keep you safe from injury, even if it feels like it hurts more than helps sometimes!
Exercise is good for you.
Exercise is good for your health. It can help you live longer, maintain a healthy weight, sleep better, and improve your mood.
Exercise also has many other benefits:
Exercise helps keep your mind sharp as you age by improving cognitive function and brain health. At least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity each week is recommended for cardiovascular health benefits such as reducing risk factors for heart disease by lowering blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Regularly engaging in physical activity reduces inflammation throughout the body which may help prevent certain diseases such as cancer.
Regular physical activity has been shown to reduce stress levels by increasing endorphins--the chemical released during exercise that makes us feel happy--and decreasing tension hormones like cortisol.
Exercise can help you stay strong and flexible.
Strength training is important for everyone, but it's especially important if you have an injury or are recovering from surgery. Strength training helps improve muscle strength, endurance, and flexibility by increasing the number of muscle fibers in your body that contract during activity. This leads to improved balance and posture as well as better coordination of movement patterns (e.g., walking). It also reduces stress on joints by making muscles stronger around those joints so they don't have to work as hard when bearing weight during everyday activities like standing up from sitting down or getting out of bed in the morning.
Exercise can prevent injuries.
In addition to its many other benefits, exercise can help prevent injuries. Here are some ways that regular physical activity helps keep you safe:- Exercise builds muscle, which helps you stay strong and flexible.
- It improves balance and coordination.
- It reduces stress by releasing endorphins in the brain (the "feel-good hormones").
- It promotes better sleep patterns by regulating melatonin levels in the body; this hormone plays an important role in regulating circadian rhythms (your internal clock).
Regular exercise also has significant benefits for overall health: it reduces the risk of chronic disease; improves heart health; helps maintain healthy body weight; lowers blood pressure; improves cholesterol levels; improves mental health (it relieves depression symptoms); reduces anxiety symptoms by increasing serotonin production in certain brain regions
Pay attention to pain during exercise, and get it checked out.
If you feel pain during exercise, stop. Pain is your body's way of telling you something is wrong. If you ignore pain and continue to exercise with an underlying injury, it can lead to more serious problems. For example, if you have back pain from lifting weights incorrectly or doing too much high-impact cardio without stretching properly first, this could lead to a herniated disc in the future.
If someone has an existing condition such as arthritis or a previous injury that affects their ability to exercise safely (and they are aware of this), it is important for them not only to listen carefully when their bodies tell them they need rest but also seek out professional advice from a physiotherapist who specializes in rehabilitation exercises so they can avoid further damage being done by trying something new without proper guidance first!
If you feel like something is wrong with one of your joints or limbs during exercise--even if it's just a little bit--don't ignore it! If left untreated, small injuries can turn into big ones pretty quickly; this could lead not only to more serious problems down the line but also an inability for you as an athlete or regular exerciser (or both) due to permanent damage caused by ignoring these warning signs in favor of "toughing things out."
Conclusion
Exercise is an important part of staying healthy and injury-free. If you feel aches or pains when working out, it's important to get checked out by a doctor to make sure there's not an underlying issue. If you want more information on how to stay fit and safe from injuries, check out our other articles on this topic!
