Many elderly people like to swim in winter. Will this practice harm the body?
Whether elderly people in rural areas or urban areas, or even people of ordinary age, it is best not to swim in the winter. Because winter swimming seems to exercise your cold resistance and stretch your muscles, in fact, the cold sneaks into the body unprepared, and the consequences are endless. Some people don’t believe it and think I feel good about my fitness after winter swimming. That is a psychological feeling. If you decide that winter swimming is good, you will feel good. Cold air is very harmful to people, and the harm may not be immediately visible, so people will not pay attention to it and take precautions. Many difficult and miscellaneous syndromes are the result of accumulation of cold air.
Take good care of your body, don’t show off, and don’t use winter swimming to prove your body’s strength. A truly strong body doesn't need proof. Horsepower is known by the road.
It is necessary to adapt to the cold and heat according to the four seasons.
In life, especially for the elderly with cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure and heart disease, because the winter swimming environment is relatively cold, the body will encounter strong stimulation in the ice water, causing the body's blood vessels to shrink sharply. , which in turn will cause the blood to flow back to the internal organs and other parts, which can easily cause a short-term increase in blood pressure. This can cause cerebral blood vessel rupture and stroke and coma in patients with high blood pressure. This is a very dangerous behavior! In addition, ordinary people's ability to withstand cold is limited. If there is no long-term adaptation process, it will easily oppress the heart and other body organs. At this time, it will be more dangerous if you suffer from heart disease!
So what are the benefits for long-term winter swimming enthusiasts? In fact, for enthusiasts who have persisted in winter swimming for a long time, since they have adapted to this extremely cold external environment, persisting in this way will have the same effect as usual running and other exercises. It can generally improve cardiovascular function and is useful for preventing cardiovascular diseases. , reducing blood vessel thickening, moisturizing the skin, etc. will have certain effects. Extreme cold weather can also reduce the chance of illness and improve the body's disease-resistant immunity, which is naturally very beneficial to health!
Swimming is an aerobic exercise, and winter swimming has the added function of cold stimulation.
Enhance cardiovascular and respiratory functions.
Regular winter swimming exercise can reduce the body’s sympathetic system’s response to cold stimulation. This effect is the so-called anti-freeze ability.