What is healthy fitness: an osteopath's view

What kind of fitness will not harm our body, what is the danger of Nordic walking with sticks and a treadmill Movement is life. These are not just words. Our body was originally designed to move. With a lack of movement, it cannot function correctly. That is why movement is the best medicine for the body. But, as with any medication, it is important not to overdo it and choose the most suitable one, especially if the spine is not doing well. Let's start with the fact that office work is the worst enemy of the spine. Sitting at the computer all week for eight hours a day, it is impossible to avoid pain in the back, lower back, neck, or sacrum. To restore the body after a working day, movement is simply necessary. If you have access to a fitness club, that's great. But even the busiest workaholic has access to the most common walking: 30-40 minutes after work will be enough. If you work not very far from home, in the warm season, you can generally refuse transport. But if you are nowhere without a car, go to the store for bread, take a walk with the dog - your body will say thank you to you. It should be noted that when I say “walking” I mean exactly walking indoors or outdoors, but in no case on a treadmill. The fact is that the monotonous pace set by the simulator is not suitable for our bodies. It was created for movement, and the movement of a living thing - with a change in speed, an active change in the position of body parts, and the direction of gaze. The track is very restrictive of all these parameters. It should be noted that when I say “walking” I mean exactly walking indoors or outdoors, but in no case on a treadmill. The fact is that the monotonous pace set by the simulator is not suitable for our bodies. It was created for movement, and the movement of a living thing - with a change in speed, an active change in the position of body parts, and the direction of gaze. The track is very restrictive of all these parameters. If fitness appeared in your life not so long ago and its main task is to strengthen shaky health, then exercising in the gym is not the best option for this. Power (anaerobic) loads can have side effects in the form of an increase in existing problems in the musculoskeletal system. Many trainers, having learned that a client has a protrusion or intervertebral hernia, recommend “strengthening the muscle corset” with exercises on simulators However, if a person has a crooked skeleton, then strengthening the muscular corset in this way, will only increase the curvature of the axial skeleton. For clarity, you can imagine what happens if you pull sails on the curved masts of a ship. Represented? In addition, for most people who decide to go to the gym, weight loss is the main goal. However, intensively exercising on simulators, instead of losing weight, they often get the opposite effect: the numbers on the scales, contrary to all expectations, begin to grow. The fact is that power loads with an unbalanced diet often contribute to weight gain. This also leads to an increase in axial loads on the spine and can only worsen the condition of the back.