Motion Is Lotion – Why Moving Your Body Is So Important

Hi, everyone, Dr. James Porco here at Back in Motion in Fort Myers. I want to take some time to share with you all one of our favorite quotes here at Back in Motion, which is MOTION IS LOTION. Or another term would be, movement is medicine. This article will explain all the benefits that simply moving your body can do and why it’s crucial to your life.

Musculoskeletal Benefits

The reason we use these terms is that it is the most natural way for the body to heal itself. When we talk about movement is medicine or motion is lotion, a lot of people think, “Oh, exercise, yeah, we’re working our muscles.” Right? The musculoskeletal system. But the benefits of exercise go far beyond the musculoskeletal system.

• Aid joint lubrication and nourishment
• Ease your joint pain and stiffness
• Improve flexibility & mobility
• Build muscular strength
• Improve your balance
• Help you sleep better
• Improve posture
• Improve or maintain the density of your bones
• Improve overall health and fitness

Mental Health Benefits

The second benefit of moving your body is overall mental health. Mental health it releases positive hormones throughout the body from the brain, you’re going to see a positive emotional response to exercise from the mental health aspect.

• Lower stress levels
• Improve your mood
• Improve self-esteem
• Improve cognitive function
• Better endurance
• Increased interest in sex
• Increase energy and motivation

Gastrointestinal Benefits

Next, from the gastrointestinal aspect, we can improve gastric motility. Movement can improve the ability to digest food. It can see decreased amounts of inflammation in blood markers and biochemical markers such as that.

• Improve food digestion
• Decreased inflammation in blood markets
• More diverse gut microbiota

Cardiovascular Benefits

Finally, we have cardiovascular benefits, so between the heart and the lungs, right? So all of these systems combine, right, even from the endocrine system in terms of hormones and hormonal imbalances. Exercise improves these.

• Increase exercise tolerance
• Reduction of body weight
• Reduction in blood pressure
• Reduction in bad cholesterol
• Increase in insulin sensitivity

Movement Is Medicine

It’s the most natural medication or the most natural prescription you can get from any doctor.

Making sure that you’re moving often, moving well, and making sure that you’re getting the proper amount of activity, you’ll see benefits not only to, not only to your musculoskeletal system but to the cognitive system, heart, lungs, endocrine, gastrointestinal, you name it.

Movement is medicine. It’s going to improve all of your systems.

We highly recommend consulting with a doctor or an expert if you are concerned about exercising or experiencing any abnormal pain.

If you need help getting BACK IN MOTION call us today at (239)-223-0484. We are the brand of body movement transformation and provide a unique all-natural approach known as The Gray Method™ so that you feel healthy, active, and young again.

We provide physical therapy in Fort Myers Florida and physical therapy in Cape Coral Florida.