Moderate Exercise and Scientific Fitness "National Fitness Day" is here! Exercise | Chief Physician | Fitness
Today is the 15th National Fitness Day in China. According to the newly revised Sports Law of the People's Republic of China, the week of National Fitness Day on August 8th each year is called Sports Promotion Week.
Doctor's reminder: moderate exercise to prevent injuries
According to statistics, the number of people in China who regularly participate in physical exercise has exceeded 400 million, and the public's awareness of active fitness is constantly increasing.
But many people lack scientific knowledge of sports because improper exercise can actually cause injuries. Doctors remind the public to exercise moderately based on their physical condition to prevent injuries.
Wang Xuesong, Chief Physician of the Sports Medicine Department at Beijing Jishuitan Hospital: For us, excessive swinging or upper limb exercise often leads to local tendon inflammation, and the most common one is tennis elbow. Another endurance project, such as long-distance running, may easily cause muscle soreness. If there is excessive exercise, it may lead to some myoglobinuria or affect kidney function.
Doctors remind special populations such as the elderly and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases to choose appropriate exercise programs based on their own conditions, control the amount of exercise, and warm up before exercising.
Wang Xuesong, chief physician of the Sports Medicine Department of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital: We must have an understanding of our own diseases and physical conditions. For example, patients with diabetes and patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases should come to the hospital and let professional doctors give you some advice. Sports like marathons pose significant challenges to human cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems. We also need to control the amount of exercise for healthy individuals, especially the increase in heart rate after extreme exercise. We will be safer to exercise in this way.
The most common type of daily sports injury is joint sprain.
Wang Xuesong, Chief Physician of the Sports Medicine Department at Beijing Jishuitan Hospital: If the swelling is severe, the first step is to brake it. We can simply use some splints to fix it, such as using ice cubes for some ice compress. If the swelling lasts for a long time, more than 24 hours, and you cannot recover on your own, it is still important to seek medical attention promptly.
Scientific fitness starts with assessing exercise ability
How to avoid problems such as cardiovascular accidents and sports injuries caused by inappropriate exercise?
The doctor introduced that through the assessment of exercise ability, it is to fasten a "seat belt" for exercise and fitness.
The doctor introduced that exercise ability assessment mainly monitors the overall state of the respiratory, cardiovascular, muscle, and skeletal systems of the human body during exercise. This can not only identify hidden diseases, but also help to exercise the body with the most scientific methods.
Wang Peng, Director of the Health Management Center at Peking University Third Hospital: First of all, we need to have an understanding of his basic physical condition, and we need to eliminate issues such as hypertension and heart disease. Make sure he doesn't have any acute problems, then start with posture. Are your shoulders the same height, is your pelvis tilted, and is there any rotational activity in your body? This may be related to our body's force lines, our habit of exerting force, our posture of physical activity, and so on. Then the second step is to understand his basic athletic qualities, such as the range of motion of his joints, the strength of his upper and lower limbs, his flexibility, his agility in this reaction, and so on. The third block is an evaluation of our cardiovascular capacity. In fact, besides your musculoskeletal system, the most crucial part is your cardiovascular system. Can you inhale so much oxygen to support you in completing the activity you want? Therefore, cardiovascular endurance accounts for approximately 50% of our human endurance.
