Regular Physical exercise

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EXERCISES

Normal Responses to exercise

Increased heart rate.

Increased breathing rate.

Mild to moderate sweating, depending on your exercise level.

Feeling or hearing your heart beat.

Muscle aches and tenderness that might last a day or two as you get started.

Abnormal responses to, exercise or "Warning Signs"

Severe shortness of breath.

Wheezing, coughing, or other difficulty in breathing.

Cramps, severe pain or muscle aches.

Excessive perspiration.

Chest discomfort, pain, pressure or tightness felt in the chest and possibly extending to your left arm or neck.

Light-headedness, dizziness, fainting.

Severe, prolonged fatigue, or exhaustion after exercise.

Nausea.

If a person has not been physically active, one's sense of balance may not be good. Regular physical exercise itself can help restore this balance, but while starting, it would be better to hold onto a chair or do the exercises on the floor. Slow & steady are the key words.

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