{"id":31903,"date":"2025-07-16T15:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=31903"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:24:25","slug":"how-exercise-fights-anxiety-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=31903","title":{"rendered":"How Exercise Fights Anxiety and Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Decades of research have established that movement has a positive effect on mental health.<\/p>\n

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When it comes to mental health, most treatments for conditions like depression or anxiety come with caveats. Medications work for some symptoms, but can exacerbate others<\/a>. Cognitive behavioral therapy is effective for many patients, but not all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one strategy that seems to work for most people and almost all experts endorse, and that\u2019s regular exercise.<\/p>\n

Decades of research have established that exercise has a positive effect<\/a> on mental health. In studies of patients with mild to moderate depression, for example, a wide range of exercise regimens has been shown to be as effective as medications<\/a> like SSRIs (though the best results generally involve a combination of the two).<\/p>\n

Moving regularly can improve sleep<\/a> and reduce stress<\/a>. While there\u2019s good evidence for the mental health benefits of exercising for about 45 minutes, three to five times per week<\/a>, even just a few minutes of walking<\/a> around the block can have positive effects.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIs this walk going to do anything?\u201d said Jennifer Heisz, an associate professor at McMaster University in Canada and the author of \u201cMove the Body, Heal the Mind.\u201d \u201cYes! The answer is yes. It\u2019ll do way more than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n