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How is it possible to maintain a healthy balance between your personal and academic life during medical school? Quite a challenge! This is a practical, hands-on, experiential book about how to achieve well-being during medical school. Premedical and medical students as well as those in the helping professions will benefit from reading it. You can diagnose yourself and assess how well you are fulfilling your needs in ten lifestyle areas: time management; exercise and physical activity; relaxation, meditation, visualization, and imagery; spirituality; communication skills and social support; cognitive and coping skills; nutrition; substance use; humor; and touch and massage. Following each self-evaluation, you are provided with practical information and easy, engaging, and enjoyable exercise to enhance your health and well-being.
Exercise and Physical Activity
Exercise and Physical Activity
Diagnose Yourself
- Do you exercise three to four times a week?
Yes ___ No ___
- When you exercise, do you feel slightly short of breath but not gasping?
Yes ___ No ___
- If you engage in aerobic exercise, is it for 20 to 30 minutes?
Yes ___ No ___
The link between physical fitness and health/disease has important implications for you and the patients you treat. Most medical students spend considerable time, particularly the first 2 years, sitting in the classroom. If you have poor posture, sitting in the classroom for 6 to 8 hours daily takes its toll on your spine and leads to neck and back problems. If you have good posture, you can develop poor posture through inactivity.
Daily physical ...
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