WHO Tweeted About How Physical Exercise Helps In Stress Management

According to WHO, stress means feeling troubled or threatened in life. It can be due to illness, family violence, any bad incident, problems providing your family with the goods, being displaced from home, uncertainty about the future, etc. people can get unpleasant feelings like back pain, headache, heavy chest, tight muscles, not feeling hungry, lump in throat, and even skin rash or infections. Stressed people often cry, isolate, cannot focus, cannot stay still, have difficulty sleeping, worry a lot and feel tired all the time.

Physical exercise is something we do to build strength, stamina and flexibility. It refers to any movement which involves joints, muscles and even the brain. It includes any type of exercise, whether it’s running, swimming, dancing or yoga. Physical exercise not only helps us stay fit and in shape but even boost our mental health. It is good for both the mind and the body.

Physical exercise can be a great source of activity to relieve stress and anxiety, even when you do not want to. It surely helps you be free and happy. It can be any which way, either it’s your hobby or you pursue it just to feel ‘good’. Here is what all you can do to reduce stress:

• Online exercise classes
• Dancing
• Playing actual video games
• Jumping rope
• Muscle strength and balance training

Or just any type of physical exercise that you love doing and that makes you better afterwards.

The World Health Organisation is constantly trying to spread awareness about stress management and mental health.

WHO Tweeted About How Physical Exercise Helps In Stress Management:

• Any type of physical exercise helps the body release ‘happy-hormones’, like endorphins that make the body feel light and happy.
• Keeping yourself, your body busy and moving, can help you stay distracted from your ‘not-so-healthy-thoughts’ or even stress from work and general life.
• Physical exercise can lift up mood.
• Helps in improving overall health and reduces the stress associated with it.
• Helps in improving sleep quality which in turn keeps anxiety and depression away.

Over To You:

A healthy mind and well balanced life, brings in positivity, influences us in making wise decisions and even healthy choices, it boosts our memory and so much more. And all that comes from a good lifestyle and proper exercise routine. So, get up whenever you are feeling low or anxious, try engaging in some kind of exercise and see how your mind thanks you.