Sport and physical exercise as a drug for musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, postural, metabolic problems and for the disabled. This is the purpose of “Medical Fitness”, a technique that combines sport and motor activity with medical monitoring, indicated for maintaining a healthy lifestyle that responds to the new wellness needs of our days.
In Sicily, in particular in Palermo, it is an increasingly avant-garde branch, thanks to the studies and constant updating of professionals in the sector. A theme that will be at the center of the conference organized on 12 June at the Hotel Splendid La Torre, entitled “Physical exercise to prevent and treat chronic diseases”, which will be attended by about 30 medical experts and which is held on the occasion of event “Move, a sea of sport!”.
“Medical fitness is personalized gymnastics prescribed as treatment or prevention by medical consultants – explains Riccardo Alberti, osteopath in charge of the Medical Fitness of the Body Studio Centers – This type of training is aimed above all at people with pathologies related to posture, pain, trauma or interventions but also for preventive purposes. To date, a great deal of research demonstrates the effectiveness of constant physical activity on the onset of over 40 diseases “.
And again: “We have collected data on elderly cardiopaths with mitral valve operation where in a period of about five months an increase in the cardiovascular component of 39×100 and of the quadriceps strength of 158×100 was calculated” explains the expert. Other interesting data concern patients with Parkinson’s disease. “Following the WHO protocols, we found improvements in cardiovascular component 82×100 and quadriceps strength of over 200×100 over a period of 3 months. Results that would have been difficult to achieve without adequate and studied physical exercise “.
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