Strengthening Body Balance and Upper Body Muscles: The Benefits of Bowling as Exercise

2023-09-07 08:47:00

Helps strengthen body balance and upper body muscles
It is good to combine resistance and aerobic exercise

As the heat subsides and the weather becomes cooler, we want to enjoy light exercise, but there are many cases where we are not sure what kind of exercise would be good. Health Kyunghyang, together with the Korean Society of Sports Science and Exercise Medicine, selects monthly recommended exercises for these readers and informs them regarding effective exercise methods and precautions. The exercise for September is ‘Bowling’. <편집자 주>

Because bowling intensively uses one arm and hand, that area can be damaged. Therefore, it is good to stretch sufficiently before exercising and avoid people with back pain (Photo = Clip Art Korea).

Bowling is a great exercise to enjoy with family, friends, and co-workers, as one ‘strike’ removes the accumulated stress. Bowling is a simple leisure activity, so there are many people who do not expect great exercise effects, but surprisingly, various exercise effects can be enjoyed.

Bowling is a sport in which the ball is attached to the body and moved and thrown toward a target. in this process Increased ability to maintain balance throughout the bodydo. You have to use your upper body muscles, especially to throw the ball and knock down the bowling pins. Strengthen upper body muscles such as arms, shoulders, chest and backhelp in It is also effective in preventing obesity by consuming enough calories as it takes a considerable amount of time. Also, I often enjoy it with friends and family. stress reliefand building social relationshipsalso helps

However, safety must be considered when bowling. It is important to maintain correct posture and balance and to wear bowling shoes that fit your feet. Also, if you want to improve your physical strength through bowling, it is good to combine other exercises with steady practice.

Bowling has fewer severe injuries such as fractures, head trauma, and cruciate ligament damage than other strenuous sports, but minor or various injuries can occur. In particular, since one arm and hand are intensively used, the risk of damage to the affected area is high. ▲finger ▲wrist ▲shoulder joint ▲elbow joint ▲tendinitis around the finger/wrist ▲tenosynovitis ▲carpal tunnel syndrome ▲skin abrasion The back is the most common injury.

Professor Lim Jae-young of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital said, “You can suffer shoulder rotator cuff damage while repeatedly throwing a heavy ball.”Repeatedly twisting the elbow excessively to give rotational force to the ball can damage the muscles around the elbow.”he said.

In bowling, the weight of the ball is on one side of the body and rotates around the waist. Strain on the spinal joints, resulting in back injuriescan do. Therefore, if you are a person with back pain, you should avoid bowling.

If an injury occurs while exercising, stop immediately and move to a safe place to rest. Cool the damaged areado Compress the damaged area with an elastic bandageIt is good to do. The injured part should be elevated above the heart.

Before exercising, it is important to warm up through sufficient stretching. Sit on a chair or on the floor and slowly lean your body forward with your legs stretched out. Stretching the muscles of the back of the thigh (hamstrings)Sitting with one knee on the ground and the other leg extended forward, bending the knee (lunge position), push the upper body forward. iliopsoas stretchingIt is helpful to release the muscles around the shoulder while slowly lifting, pulling, and rotating the shoulder, and to release it by lightly rotating the wrist and fingers.

Professor Lim Jae-young said, “Because bowling uses one shoulder and arm, it is a representative exercise with relatively little exercise effect on the opposite shoulder and arm.” Prevention of asymmetry through resistance exercise and aerobic exercise using both limbs and trunk from time to timeIt is good to do it,” he advised.

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