For Healthy IndiaFor Healthy IndiaFor Healthy IndiaFor Healthy India
  • Home
  • Food FHI
    • Diet Planning
    • FHI Food Tips
    • Supplements
    • Nutrients
    • FHI Diets
  • Health FHI
    • For Adults (Men/Women)
    • For Children
    • For Diabetics
    • For People With High BP
  • Exercise FHI
    • Exercise Benefits
    • How Much Exercise
    • Aerobic Exercise
    • Strength Training
    • Pedometer Facts
  • Family FHI
    • Family Health Advice
    • For Foodies
    • For Mothers to be
    • For Nursing Mothers
    • Children’s Health
  • Customized FHI
    • Diabetes FHI
      • Diabetes Self Management Education
      • Diet For Diabetics
      • Fitness For Diabetics
    • Weight FHI
      • Strategy For Weight Loss
      • Health Risks of Obesity
    • Heart FHI
      • Know About Heart Risk Factors
      • Assess Your Heart Risk
      • Manage Your Heart Risk
    • Habit-Risks FHI
      • Low Risk Drinking
      • How to Quit Smoking
  • Tools
  • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Tools
      • Health Quiz
  • Languages
    • Hindi
    • Tamil
Exercise for weight loss: how much and what type?
October 1, 2018
Benefits of exercise: why exercise everyday?
October 1, 2018
Published by Dr Binita Priyambada at October 1, 2018
Categories
  • Uncategorized
Tags

People who have not been exercising for a long time (or ever), are clouded with the uncertainty of whether it is safe to begin exercise, especially if they have some health condition such as high BP or diabetes. But, the truth is that most adults can begin exercising once they rule out significant health risk. The PARQ (Physical Activity Readiness questionnaire) test, given below is one very well accepted way of assessing whether you are fit to exercise

If the PARQ is positive, that is, you answer ‘yes’ to any of the questions, you should get your doctor’s advice (and may be a few tests) before you begin exercising

Find below the PARQ questionnaire, go through it and embark on your fitness journey with confidence


PAR-Q (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire)

Question
1 Has your doctor ever said that you have a heart condition and that you should  only perform physical activity recommended by a doctor?
2 Do you feel pain in your chest when you perform physical activity?
3 In the past month, have you had chest pain when you were not performing any

physical activity?

4 Do you lose your balance because of dizziness or do you ever lose

consciousness?

5 Do you have a bone or joint problem that could be made worse by a change in

your physical activity?

6 Is your doctor currently prescribing any medication for your blood pressure or

for a heart condition?

7 Do you know of any other reason why you should not engage in physical

activity?

If you answer ‘yes’ to any of these, you should consult your doctor before exercising and get advice on what type and how much exercise you should do

Who needs to see their doctor or get exercise ecg test done before starting regular exercise?

Expert agencies have opined that regular pre exercise ECG or exercise stress test is not warranted in people with no symptoms of CVD and negative PARQ test. In fact, the exercise stress test can result in untoward anxiety and  further unnecessary tests which may themselves cause complications!

For people with more severe health conditions such as CVD and diabetes with eye, kidney or feet complications, it is best to consult your doctor to rule out complications that may put you at high risk and then get an exercise regimen tailored for you with the help of a fitness expert or physiotherapist. But the effort is well worth it, since exercise is found to benefit these people unequivocally

CHECK OUT: Our references for exercise recommendations

Share
0
Dr Binita Priyambada
Dr Binita Priyambada
Dr Binita first trained as a surgeon in Delhi Universities best institutions MAMC and Safdarjang Hospital, but found her passion in family health and prevention of life altering or life threatening diseases. Then she got M. Med. in Family Medicine from CMC, Vellore and launched this website in order to help common Indians understand healthy practices better and manage their health well. She also worked as the head of medical team at Docprime, where she helped the team design chat based patient management and trained the doctors of her team Preventive health is her passion

Related posts

October 23, 2018

Pregnancy exercise: contraindications and warning signs


Read more
October 23, 2018

Birth control pill and other contraception choices


Read more
October 4, 2018

Do you have risk factors for heart disease (CVD) ?


Read more

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • Adequate diet while breastfeeding
  • Prediabetes detecting this early can mean preventing diabetes
  • Heart attack prevention get the target levels for risk factors
  • Diabetes complications what is the cause and how good control helps
  • Healthy range of weight gain for Indian women during pregnancy

Contact Us

  • Email
    Care@forhealthyindia.com

Follow Us On

  • Facebook

Localization

  • English

This website is a property of Healthwise Preventive Services LLP, India

© 2018 For Healthy India. All Rights Reserved.