Chronic Disease Rehabilitation
Exercise is not only for the healthy. Sports is not meant only for the fit and lean and young!!
In fact, the maximum benefits of physical activity and exercise can be reaped by the person who is having chronic diseases. Exercise has been proven to be helpful in healing and management of many disease conditions in both short and long term. Some of the notable among these disease states are:
- Diabetes
- High blood pressure
- Various Heart conditions
- Various lung conditions
- Cancer
- Arthritis
Since these are medical conditions leading to a compromised physical capability of the body functions, exercise in these conditions is best supervised by a specialist like a Sports Physician who has knowledge about the disease condition and exercise physiology, effect of medicines on body and exercise and can encourage the patient into a self sufficient healthy life.
