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Depression: walking, Pilates and strength training more effective than drugs
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Depression: sport more effective than drugs!
As a new study shows that regular physical activity is 1.5 times more effective in treating depression than psychological counseling or traditionally prescribed drugs, Australian researchers are calling for physical exercise to become a mainstay of health policies. health in the management of depression.
Not long ago, the British Journal of Sports Medicine published the most comprehensive compilation of studies to date on the link between physical activity and depression. Bringing together 97 compilations of studies including more than a thousand clinical trials for a total of 128,000 participants, it showed that physical activity is extremely beneficial for improving symptoms of depression, anxiety and more generally psychological distress. In fact, it turns out 1.5 times more effective at improving symptoms of depression than the care usually offered (psychological follow-up, with or without medication).
Depression, postpartum depression, serious illnesses: significant and rapid benefits
The article particularly highlights the speed with which physical activity can bring regarding change and teaches us that improvements depressive symptoms are visible from three months, or even less, practice. Any physical activity has been shown to be beneficial, simple exercises such as marchethe Pilates where the yoga going through more physical exercises such as bodybuilding.
In several categories of patients, particularly significant benefits are observed following the introduction of physical activity:
- THE patients with depression;
- THE women with postpartum depression;
- THE pregnant women (indeed, during pregnancy, sometimes hormonal changes promote depression and anxiety);
- THE people diagnosed with HIV or kidney disease.
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