Here’s How Exercise During Menopause Affects Menopause Symptoms
December 15th, 2011
For everyone, not just menopausal women, exercise is very important and ought to be a regular part of your life. Nonetheless it is an often neglected factor when women seek help for hot flashes, night sweats, and other menopause symptoms.
An absence of exercising is one of the primary causes of obesity , but for menopausal women it causes plenty of other problems. Irregular periods, inadequate sleep, heart problems, and depression can all be the result of a lack of exercise.
One of the problems that many women develop during menopause is osteoporosis, as a consequence of lost bone mass. Regular exercise can certainly help in preventing this.
There are many beneficial effects that result from exercise. At it’s most elementary level it can lead you to feel healthier and stronger, and it can also cause you to feel more relaxed and generally, feeling better.
When people think of exercise they often think about rigorous workouts at the local gym, which can often put them off doing any exercise at all! But exercise does not have to be that way in any way. It can take many different forms,eg going for a walk, a cycle ride, swimming, or dancing. Exercising is actually anything that gets you moving and increases your heart rate and breathing.
Another common symptom of menopause is mood fluctuations. Exercise can help here also as it causes endorphins to be released. These are hormones that are responsible for making us feel happy. And the good news is that this favourable effect lasts well beyond the end of the exercise session.
If you haven’t done any exercise for some time then it’s best to start again with simple, less tiring exercise. Once you’ve got back in the swing of things you can build up gradually. And remember, you don’t have to go to the gym to exercise, so don’t let the gymnasium be your excuse to not exercise.
April Wright is a holistic specialist and owner of a web site which helps women with menopause symptoms and examines the most recent news and developments relating to menopause.
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