Give your doctor a break and get better with exercise
BACK PAIN
Recipe: swimming. ? Although the desire to perfect? your half-round dive will not make your osteopath happy, making smaller waves can be the solution for back pain. What is ideal are the strokes and kicks that do not require turns of the body? says Sharon Morrison, sports physiotherapist for the England Rugby team.
His recommendations: free and back swimming.
COLD AND FLU?
Recipe: Tai Chi?
Maybe I won’t give you Bruce Lee’s physique? but it will provide the necessary defenses for when the bugs arrive at your office. Biologists from the University of California claim that performing Tai Chi three times a week, for four months, increases protection against the most common viruses by 50%.
PERSISTENT Migraines
Recipe: Yoga? Posture problems are the most common cause of headaches,? explains osteopath Gavin Burt of the British Back & Beyond Clinic.
According to tests conducted at the University of California, more than 60% of people with this problem got rid of their medicines after a three-month yoga course.
MEDIUM DEPRESSION?
Recipe: quick walk.
As your physical education teacher used to say:? Walk until you take off ?. North American researchers at Duke University discovered that a 30-minute walk can be more powerful than Prozac.? By walking you activate the analgesic properties of those natural endorphins that the body expels,? says study author John Bartholomew.
TOOTHACHE
Recipe: spinning?
According to the Journal of Periodontology, cardiovascular exercise can prevent you from going to the dentist. According to various tests, men who pedaled for 45 minutes to sweat, at least three times a week, were 40% less likely to develop gum disease than those who detest the gym.