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Everything I hear and read about staying healthy and losing weight mentions exercise. I haven't exercised for many years. How can I get started with an exercise program and avoid injuring myself?
Engaging in regular physical activity is an important step toward improving your cardiac fitness, strength, flexibility, endurance and overall health. For exercise to be effective it must be a regular, routine activity. Studies suggest 30-40 minutes of moderate activity 4-5 times per week. Avoiding strain and injury will allow you to reach this goal and to stay physically active throughout your life.
Frequently individuals are motivated and excited when beginning an exercise program. Being overly ambitious is one of the biggest downfalls to success. Overestimating your body's ability may cause you to engage in an activity that exceeds your physical capabilities, resulting in injuries such as muscle strain, ligament sprain and bone fracture.
Pushing yourself to a point of fatigue or over exertion is also a concern. Injuries are more likely to occur when your body is tired. Understand your own body, and accept its potential and limits. Here are some points to consider:
You can't erase years of inactivity in one weekend. Choose something that you enjoy doing. Stay with it, and gradually over time your body will transform.
The Department of Physical and Occupational Therapy at Stony Brook University Hospital offers inpatient and outpatient physical and occupational therapy, hand therapy, cardiac rehabilitation, lymphedema therapy, balance rehabilitation and aquatic therapy, for adults and children.
