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Inflammation is absolutely a symptom and not a cause like you say. Exercise reduces inflammation long term because exercise creates stresses on the body, which
by NoPicklez 3y ago
Inflammation is absolutely a symptom and not a cause like you say.
Exercise reduces inflammation long term because exercise creates stresses on the body, which signals an inflammatory response to repair and rebuild. Of which the muscles, tissue and cardiovascular system adapt and condition themselves to that level of stress. Therefore, our bodies become better equipped to deal with daily movement and exercise. (Very simplified to the muscular and cardio systems).
Physical activity during exercise doesn't reduce inflammation but actually creates it in the short term, for a long term reduction in overall inflammation.
- BLKNSLVR 3y agoLiterally short term pain for long term gain.
- NoPicklez 3y agoExactly! Weight lifting is a good simplified way of explaining it. You lift weights, your muscle breaks down and causes inflammation and feels sore, your body as a result signals to repair and rebuild itself. Over time your muscle becomes conditioned to that particular exercise and weight amount. You will then be able to perform that exercise, at that weight easier without the same level of muscle breakdown, soreness or inflammation. Same with running, with enough training you will be able to run that 5k at a time you would have been exhausted at months ago. Through enduring the constant repair and build cycle that inflammation flags from muscular and cardiovascular fatigue. It is why so much emphasis is placed on what you do outside of exercise during recovery, than the effort itself. This is all purely in the context of exercise and not other forms of inflammation which the article also covers.
- candiddevmike 3y ago> Exercise reduces inflammation long term because exercise creates stresses on the body, which signals an inflammatory response to repair and rebuild. I don't follow how creating inflammation reduces inflammation. Especially when the inflammation may be food or allergy related.
- stephen_g 3y agoMaybe the easiest way to think of it is that it's like how cardiovascular exercise lowers your resting heart rate over time, but really raises your heart rate during and immediately after exercise. The acute goes up for a bit, but your body is changing due to the exercise which causes the chronic condition to reduce over time.
- NoPicklez 3y agoSorry, my comments have been purely in relation to exercise, not with regards to inflammation brought on by food or allergies. The original comment was in relation to exercise. When you exercise, those muscles breakdown and generate micro tears of which causes inflammation. These inflammatory signals call upon the body to rebuild itself and repair. If you've ever performed any level of exercise, lifted weights etc your body has likely felt sore as a result and your body through its inflammatory response has repaired itself. Do this enough and you will become more tolerant to that level of exercise. It's now muscles get bigger, it's now muscles become more tolerance of endurance exercise. It's your body adapting through repeated stressors.