Promoting health through physical activity and preventing chronic conditions
The basis of sports medicine is to be able to guide everyone (from sportspeople to inactive people) to exercise in a healthy manner. The health benefits depend on the type of activity being performed. Some of the benefits are immediate and others only come from regular practice.
Exercise plays a key role in quality of life. As well as improving pulmonary circulation, toning the muscles, helping you to sleep better and improving your mood, regular physical activity has a huge impact on preventing chronic conditions.
The use of physical activity to promote health involves prescribing physical exercise on a personalised basis, to treat a specific condition (e.g. a patient with arterial hypertension can usually reduce their medication by carrying out 35 minutes of aerobic exercise five days a week).