physical activity

physical activity

Athletic, recreational or occupational activities that require physical skills and utilize strength, power, endurance, speed, flexibility, range of motion or agility; PA is a behavioral parameter used to evaluate a Pt's cardiovascular 'reserve'. See MET.

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Patient discussion about physical activity.

Q. how does physical training, as lifting weight effects your body?

A. It increases the mass of the trained muscles, so you may gain weight, but the percentage of fat decreases. It also makes the body spend more calories after the exercise and during rest (although this effect m may be more subtle than once was thought to be).

Weight lifting may also improve your ability to control your muscles, standing and gait.

You should know that there's a fundamental difference between aerobic exercise (e.g. running, swimming) and anaerobic exercise (e.g. weight lifting). While the first improves mainly the heart, the latter affects mainly the exercised muscles

You may want to read more here:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/exerciseandphysicalfitness.html

Q. Can someone tell what needs to be noticed in her physical and mental behavior? my friend is showing some symptoms of bipolar as she is always depressed and it continuous for long without any reason. Can someone tell what needs to be noticed in her physical and mental behavior?

A. Generally bipolar is worse than general depression and the signs you must observe are: Look out for physical changes like losing weight and appetite, insomnia, early waking after sleep, fatigue, constipation. Look for mental changes like negative thinking, lack of concentration, can she make simple decisions. Look for emotional changes as they are also equally important like unhappiness which doesn’t goes for long time, feeling to burst in tears without reason, loose interest in things, dos not enjoy, always agitated and irritated, lack of self confidence, hopelessness.