Swimming Pools: Health Benefits for Children with Asthma
There are quite a few health benefits to swimming, such as improving general fitness; physical strength and ease of joint problems. Now a study of the Taipei Medical University proved that swimming especially aids children with asthma symptoms.
As described by News Medical the researchers divided children between the age of seven to twelve into two groups. While both groups kept receiving their regular asthma-treatment, one group was treated to a six-week swimming program. The swimming did not only improve “all clinical variables including symptoms, hospitalizations, emergency room visits and school absenteeism”, the children also showed improvement in the severity of the asthma symptoms, “mouth-breathing, snoring, chest-deformity, self-confidence and general feeling of disadvantage”.
New Medical quotes lead author, Wang Jeng-Shing from the Taipei Medical University: "Unlike other sports, swimming is unlikely to provoke asthma attacks. In addition to improving asthma, swimming promotes normal physical and psychological development, such as increasing lung volume, developing good breathing techniques and improving general fitness."
The reason for the positive impact of swimming on asthma patients is the improved lung capacity. Swimmers have to take breath and hold the breath at regular intervals, which trains the lungs into steady breathing patterns. This helps asthma patients.
It is also interesting to see, that many famous swimmers are asthmatic. One example is Mark Spitz, the 5 medal gold winner in swimming at the 1972 Olympics.
We are also always interested to know, how you benefit from your swimming pool.
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