Asthma and Exercise
Some of you reading this might be one of the folks diagnosed with asthma and control it with inhalers or you might be someone who has to take other medication. Either way you suffer either regularly or irregularly with symptoms the rest of us do not suffer with. For those that don’t know what asthma is- it is a chronic disease that affects your ability to breathe. The inside walls of your airways get constricted, swollen and sensative to all irritating things, which causes your airways to get narrower and so your lungs of course get less air. You might then start to cough, have trouble breathing, feel chest tightness and wheeze. When these symtoms become worse than usual, it’s called an asthma attack.
In reading up on asthma and the lastest research I came across a study done this year published by Reuters Health that has determined that moderate exercise has shown to help asthma folks to have less asthma problems. In fact it states, “The take home message from this study is that 30 minutes of aerobic exercise at a moderate to vigorous intensity on three days of the week can lead to signficant improvements in asthma control.” This was a small study but a significant first step in determining that aerobic exercise is a big, big benefit to asthmatics.
And as we all should know by now that exercise is proven to help with weight control, reduce risk of heart disease, reduce risk of certain cancers and help blood pressure and lower cholesterol levels. So sometimes you just might want to ask yourself “WHY NOT EXERCISE”! If you know that it will help your quality of life with asthma and reduce chances of dying young from certain health situations why wouldn’t you spend that 30 minutes off the couch and moving your body AND just three times a week?
Hope this helps. So make sure to take the time for yourself this week and get outside or go to the gym and move that body. Shoot for whatever you can do and slowly increase the time and intensity so that you are always pushing your body to the next level. Whatever that level is!
Always intersted in feedback – good or bad!!!
God Bless You,
Evey
