Even low-level activity may help reduce dementia risk

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Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning to such as extent that it interfered with a person’s daily life and activities get affected. The functions may include memory, language skills, visual perception, problem-solving, self-management and the ability to focus and pay attention. Dementia is not a disease and it a disorder. It ranges in severity right from the mildest stage when it begins to affect a person’s functioning to the most severe stage where a person must depend completely on others for basic activities of living.

What are the various factors surrounding Dementia

There are several factors that can affect a person’s chance of developing dementia. There are some unavoidable factors such as age and genetics. Others such as smoking, unhealthy behaviours etc are lifestyle choices that a person can change. Physical activity was also found to be protecting brain function, not by preventing changes at the cellular level known to be involved in cognitive decline. Eating a healthy diet and regular exercise may help prevent the onset of symptoms.

However owing to a new study, it has been revealed that any kind of physical activity that includes basic tasks such as doing housework may help protect a person’s brain when they have already reached old age. Just 6 months of aerobic exercise, it can reverse symptoms of cognitive impairment in older adults. Research has concluded that more daily movement is also linked to better memory and thinking abilities. Higher levels of motor skills are also linked with better abilities in those areas.

Who is more likely to develop dementia!

Also more specifically people are 30% less likely to develop dementia for every standard deviation of increase in physical activity. The same deviation can increase the motor skills when equated to a person being 55% less likely to develop dementia.

Current recommendations that we give at Orthomed is that we suggest at least 30 minutes of exercise at least 2 to 3 times a week until people feel a little tired but not exhausted. For people who are not active, this would mean starting out with shorter sessions of 10 to 15 minutes but getting 30 minutes of exercise in total per day. they can start with walking briskly on flat surfaces and that becomes easier over time as it includes some routes that need walking up hills.

As you become more fit, you can include more intense interval training that will be interspersing a few minutes of intense activity with a few minutes of stretching or less intense exercise. While the study has been focused on cardiovascular fitness alone, as people get older strength training and building muscle is also very important. More research is needed at this point to pinpoint that during midlife the fitness benefits begin to start accruing to reduce dementia risk.

Why choose Orthomed when Dementia gets more pronounced!

The Department of Neurology provides comprehensive consultative services, diagnostic testing and treatment for neurological conditions which include diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles. Tests including Electroencephalogram (EEG), Electromyography (EMG), Nerve Conduction Study (NCS) to help diagnose problems of the nervous system are performed. We are united by a common purpose: finding new treatments and cures that will reduce and ultimately eliminate the burden of neurological disorders on patients and the community.

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This Content Originally Published By Orthomed Hospital In Chennai. Source Link: https://www.orthomedhospital.com/blog/even-low-level-activity-may-help-reduce-dementia-risk/