2012年4月22日星期日

How to Get Adequate Sleep for Fast Recovery and Optimal Performance

Exercising and playing sports are essential parts of living an active lifestyle. Engaging in healthy activities like these is a great way to maintain good health while also having fun during leisure time. However, too much exercise, or improper exercise, can also cause problems. Exercise causes natural damage to the muscles, joints, and ligaments. This damage is also repaired naturally, however, which results in an increase in cellular strength and functionality. In this way, individuals who live an active lifestyle must take measures to ensure the body may recovery afterwards and return to full strength. Moreover, it is important to know how to prevent bodily injury both during and after exercise. Specifically, one must exercise correctly, safely, and get sleep well enough to provide the body with enough time to make a full and natural recovery.
Workout and training exercises are vital, especially if you are a professional athlete. Through training regiments, both athletes and non-athletes develop their bodies in a number of ways that improve athletic performance. These include increasing mobility, flexibility, speed, dexterity, power, and endurance. However, overdoing the exercises and putting too much strain on the body may result in injury or other conditions that impede peak performance. The most common of these negative outcomes include sprains, muscle strains, stiffness, and lactic acid buildup. Athletes are always at risk from certain injuries especially involving their muscles, joints, and bones due to the physical activities they perform. Too much pressure and usage of muscles can deplete muscle energy and lead to the production of excess lactic acid. Lactic acid buildup, in turn, causes muscle burn, pain, and swelling.
The first way to ensure a fast and healthy recovery from exercise is to make sure that the activities are performed properly and safely. Moreover, it is important to perform exercises that do not exceed the body's natural limitations in terms of strength or flexibility. Exceeding the body's capacity for output, in this way, will cause overexertion and injury. Some people tend to intensify their exercises without actually consulting a trained health or exercise professional. In extreme cases, this can cause muscle tears, sprains and strains that may render the body inoperable.
Another way to proactively safeguard against injury, and thus set the stage for a fast recovery, is to adequately warm up prior to exercise. Warm up exercises improve blood and fluid circulation while also preparing the mind for the coordination needed to perform the specific act, or acts, of the exercise or sport. After every strenuous activity, it is also essential to provide the body sufficient time to rest in order for the worked out muscles, joints and bones to recuperate and rejuvenate. Sleep is an essential component when recovering and attaining optimum performance when playing sports.
Finally, one must sleep well in order to make a fast and healthy recovery after physical activity. This is critical because the body heals during rest periods, and nightly sleep states of 7-8 hours provide the ideal environment for both mental and physical regeneration. To get the best sleep, it would be a great move to invest in adjustable beds and comfortable mattresses and pillows. Adjustable beds are popular among world-class athletes because they offer the ability to change head or foot articulation, enabling the individual to adjust the bed so they lie in a position of least resistance to gravity. Adjustable beds do not only help users obtain the best sleep but they also help muscles, joints, bones and nerves to recover properly through proper sleeping position. Health experts recommend this sleeping position in order to promote proper blood and oxygen flow, which are very essential in the healing process of the body as well as in preventing conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system of the body.
In closing, it is important that both athletes and non-athletes take steps towards making a healthy recovery after physical exercise. First, one must make sure they are performing the exercises in a correct and safe manner. Then, one must warm up adequately before exercising to prevent muscle, tendon, ligament, or joint injury. Finally, one must sleep in a way that promotes blood, oxygen, and nutrient flow throughout the night to ensure the body receives the resources it needs to rebuild itself.

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