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Should You Exercise When Sick?

To sweat it out or couch it up?

• Moderate intensity exercise The following is discouraged: prefer a 20-30 minute walk either
session can actually boost your Heavy strength training outside (in the sunshine) or on a
immunity (walking at a modest Endurance training home treadmill (if you can’t get
pace for 20 minutes). High intensity interval outside)”. At the simplest level,
• Chronic resistance training training a low intensity, low heart rate
stimulates innate immunity and activity will make you feel better
chronic moderate exercise Exercise in extreme for the pure fact that you were
strengthens adaptive immunity. temperatures able to physically move around
In the end, here’s the pattern: Sprinting and power activities but looking at it from a more
• Consistent, moderate Team sports complex angle, this activity can
exercise and resistance training Researcher, Dr. John Berardi stimulate your immune system
can strengthen the immune explains, “Unless you’re feeling and may help speed recovery.
Dr. Kylie Draper system over time. So, by all like a train wreck, I always For more health and wellness
BMSc, DipAc, DC means, train hard while you’re recommend low intensity, low tips visit us online @ www.

of Cornwall Spine Care Plus healthy. heart rate ‘cardio’ during the first spinecareplus.ca
• But single high intensity few days of sickness. Generally, I *Much of the research and information from this article was
taken from Precision Nutrition, 2014.
or long duration exercise
old and flu season has arrived sessions can interfere with Seaway Valley President

Cand a common question I am immune function. So take it easy
often asked is whether one should when you’re feeling sick.
sweat it out or rest and recover, • Being sedentary or Refl ects on His First Year
when sick. The answer to this exercising too excessively can By Molly Kett
has many variables but ultimately lower immunity, while taking
depends on your symptoms and part in routine moderate activity ong time coach and minor hockey executive Mark

your choice of exercise. can improve immune response. LDesnoyers now has his first year as president of the Seaway
Valley Minor AA Hockey Association well underway.
How Exercise Affects Exercise Suggestions Desnoyers has been involved with hockey since he was
The Immune System When You Are Sick eighteen. He’s been involved in AA hockey in the Cornwall
Current research on immune If you have a systemic illness area since 1980. His involvement with Seaway Valley started
when the association began in 1988. He coached for around thirty
function during exercise shows with fever, elevated heart rate, years, and has been on the executive every year since. This year was his first year

the following: vomiting, diarrhea, muscles and as president of the association.

• Prolonged vigorous exercise joint pain, just get some rest. This first year has been interesting to say the least.
sessions depress the immune Exercise is not recommended “I never realized how much it takes to do this job,” says Desnoyers. I must say
system. This means that your for you! it’s been a learning experience as the year went on. I’ve never talked to so many
parents in my life. Everybody’s got an opinion, everybody’s got a voice on how

body is not well prepared to fight If you are sick with a cold/sore to do things and it’s quite interesting. As the year went on things cleared out and
a foreign invader (bacteria, virus, throat (no fever or body aches and we started doing things that we wanted to implement--and so far, so good!”
etc) during extreme exercise. pains), easy exercise as tolerated For the future, Desnoyers has a few visions as president. He wants to get

For example, running a marathon is fi ne. Seaway Valley’s name out to the people and bring in more children. He also
wants to see “younger blood” on the executive.
may temporarily depress the The following is suggested: I find it’s not progressive enough as far as I’m concerned. It’s old fashioned

adaptive immune system for up Walking right now. I’m trying to move it to this century and progress into the new era
to 72 hours. This is why so many Jogging type of thing,” says Desnoyers.
endurance athletes get sick right Swimming Overall, Desnoyers has enjoyed his many years with Seaway Valley, whether
after races. Biking it be coaching, or as president of the association, and he has stuck with it for one
• Brief vigorous exercise main reason.
“We do it for the kids, and I strongly believe that,” says Desnoyers. “I’ve
sessions do not have an immune T’ai Chi always done it for the kids.”
suppressing effect. Yoga