Heart disease continues to be a prominent health issue globally. On the upside, heart health can be dramatically improved with small lifestyle changes. Some of the most successful habits are to run and exercise regularly. No matter your age: Youth, Busy professional or Elderly adult! Exercise can build a stronger and healthier heart.
Our cardiologists at Abirami Hospitalsuggest practicing workouts on a daily basis. Without good fitness, throughout the day in heart disease and Quality of life by running is walking cycle swim.
Why Heart Health Important?
The heart is also a useful organ and it is always beating to circulate blood around the body providing the body organs with oxygen and nutrition. This helps to keep all body organs in a healthy working state.
- High blood pressure
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart attacks
- Stroke
- Heart failure
- Irregular heart rhythms
Your heart will be affected in the first two places — if you exercise regularly and keep your heart healthy, the chance of these diseases reduces so that you can live a healthier life.
How Running Benefits Your Heart
Running is a good cardio exercise. Over time it conditions your heart to work harder and faster.
Key Benefits of Running
- Improves blood circulation
- Strengthens heart muscles
- Lowers blood pressure
- Reduces bad cholesterol (LDL)
- Increases good cholesterol (HDL)
- Helps maintain healthy body weight
- Increased delivery of oxygen to all tissues
For those who jog moderately and regularly, studies show that a lot of heart health benefits can be achieved.
Exercise and Heart Health
As more than just a way to burn calories, exercise positively impacts the health and function of your cardiovascular system.
Exercise Helps By:
Reducing Blood Pressure
Regular exercise ensures the blood vessels are healthy, functioning properly, and are under no additional pressure of the arteries, and hypertension.
Controlling the Cholesterol levels
Exercise helps increase the good cholesterol (HDL) and decreases the bad cholesterol (LDL) level in the body thus maintaining arteries in an extremely clean and clear manner.
Controlling body weight
An obese body adds an unnecessary extra stress on the heart. Moreover exercise also helps to burn down the calories of the body and acquire a suitable weight.
Reducing stress
Stress can be harmful to the heart, and activity such as running and other physical exercises releases endorphins that affect the mind, and lower the levels of stress.
Controlling blood sugar level
This is because physical exercise ensures good control over blood sugar level of the body and so reduces the threat of heart disease, which is mainly brought by diabetes.
How Much Exercise is Your Heart Getting?
Health experts recommend that adults have:
More than 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise weekly, or
150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity activity, or 75–150 minutes at vigorous intensity
This can be broken down into smaller sessions across the week. Thirty minutes of activity at least five times a week can really do the trick.
Should I see a cardiologist?
Exercise is helpful to some extent, but certain people should consult a physician before starting an exercise routine.
See a cardiologist if you have:
- High blood pressure
- Diabetes
- High cholesterol
- Previous heart disease
- Chest discomfort during exercise
- Shortness of breath
- Family history of heart disease
Rapid assessment can reduce complications and facilitate safe physical activity.
Where Heart Care Has Abirami Hospital?
To Book an Appointment Call : 9912277060 Abirami Hospital (Super Specility Heart Care Centre) is among the best hospitals in Bangalore for all your heart health assessment, preventive screenings & personalized treatment plans. Our main interest is to promote the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits that allow our patients to maintain long-term cardiovascular health.
Our team guides patients on:
- Heart disease prevention
- Exercise recommendations
- Blood pressure management
- Cholesterol control
- Lifestyle modifications
- Regular heart health monitoring
Conclusion
So if you want to have a very good heart-do what a healthy person would do! Regularly run/ exercise-the heart muscle becomes very firm, better blood circulation and blood pressure will be under control, lesser physical strain, and less psychological stress.
Moreover it would allow you to have more long and healthy years ahead by decreasing cardiovascular diseases! Whether you prefer to run, walk, swim or cycle-What matters is that you will be moving to get a stronger long healthy heart? How? Consistently!
Here at Abirami Hospital our specialist cardiologists help maintain a strong and healthy heart for you with Preventive Care, Second opinion & Customized treatment. Hence, start moving for your health now!
FAQs
1.Can people with heart disease run?
Yes, a lot of people with heart disease can still run and get other forms of exercise but after consultation with a cardiologist, because it depends on their particular heart condition and general health status of the individual. The exercise must be specific to the condition, including the type, amount and intensity of exercise.
- How much exercise do I need to keep my heart healthy?
Everyone (except if under the advice of a doctor not to) should aim for 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical exercise every week-like brisk walking, jogging, cycling or swimming. It can boost overall cardiovascular health.
- Can I get heart-friendly benefits from walking as well as running?
Yes. Brisk walking gives you fantastic cardiovascular benefits, but can improve your health significantly. In fact, brisk walking is recommended for all ages, as a general low-impact aerobic exercise and is useful for those that cannot achieve the same results from running.
4.Can I reduce my blood pressure with exercise?
Yes, in general regular exercise could improve blood circulation, the heart gets strengthened and can reduce the rate of blood pressure increase over a period. It can work as well when you exercise doing yoga, jogging, cycling, and walking.
- When can I stop my exercise and get immediate medical assistance?
If you feel symptoms such as chest pain, breathlessness, dizziness or faintness and unusually tired with the workout or an irregular heartbeat, stop exercising and consult a doctor immediately.
