Yu yushin suffers from asthma but challenges the limits of the human body! How do asthmatics exercise properly?

He, 2 years old with asthma, 19 years old won the sochi Winter Olympic gold medal, has broken the world record 19 times, in the just kicked off the Beijing Winter Olympics, successfully advanced to the men's free skating, challenging the extremely difficult 4A, he is called Yusheng Yuxin.

Yusuke Habu was exposed to skating at the age of 4 because he was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 2, his family thought that skating could exercise his body to improve his asthma, and the ice rink had less dust and was more suitable for children with asthma.

Unexpectedly, Yu Sheng's skating talent was "accidentally" opened. In this way, Yusei Yushin has gone from a weak boy with asthma since childhood to an inspirational idol who can now challenge the limits of the human body. Behind all this, in addition to the efforts of training, there is also the courage to overcome the disease.

Asthma ≠ cannot exercise, proper exercise can improve asthma

Asthma is a chronic inflammation of the bronchi and paroxysmal bronchospasm allergic disease. This chronic inflammation and allergic reactions lead to recurrent symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, or cough, often at night and/or in the early morning. According to statistics, more than 45.7 million adults in China currently have asthma, and the prevalence of asthma in children is 3.02%.

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Many people have a big misunderstanding of asthma, thinking that asthma is an "incurable disease", and many asthma patients are afraid of asthma attacks and avoid exercise.

Studies have shown that regular and appropriate exercise can enhance the patient's physique, respiratory tract anti-infection ability, lung breathing ability, and reduce the use of asthma emergency drugs. Currently, there are no studies suggesting that exercise worsens symptoms in asthma patients. Like Yu sheng knotted string is to improve asthma and embarked on the road of figure skating.

Therefore, asthma patients with well-controlled symptoms can not only exercise, but also regularly participate in exercise training within their ability while generally managing asthma.

Please accept this "exercise prescription"

So, how should asthmatics exercise? What should I pay attention to when exercising? Here is a "exercise prescription" for asthma patients, let's take a look at it

▌ Sports

It is generally believed that strenuous exercise programs that require a lot of loss of heat and water may not be suitable for asthma patients, such as mountaineering, long-distance running, sprint sprinting, etc., it is recommended to choose skating, skiing, rowing, baseball, swimming (try to choose outdoor ventilated pools or non-chlorine disinfection pools), tai chi and other sports that have less impact on asthma.

▌ The right time

It is recommended that asthma patients exercise appropriately during regular treatment with medications and during the non-acute attack of asthma, such as PEF (peak flow meter measurement) ≥ 80% of personal estimates.

▌Choose a suitable sports environment

Outdoor exercise is not suitable for outdoor exercise in severe air pollution or cold and dry winters, and asthma attacks may also be triggered near roads with high traffic and swimming pools with high chlorine concentrations, which should be avoided as much as possible, and exposure to allergens should also be avoided when there are more allergens such as pollen in the environment. For example, when Yu yusuke went to Canada to train in 2017, the environment was too cold, which led to a violent asthma attack.

It is recommended to choose a warm and humid air environment with fewer pollutants and allergens for exercise.

▌ Reasonable exercise arrangement

It is recommended to exercise 2 to 4 times a week for 20 to 60 minutes each time, and the exercise intensity is adjusted in time with the individual's exercise ability, so as not to have asthma-related symptoms such as cough and chest tightness; people with poor physical fitness can start exercising for 20 minutes, increase to 30 minutes, and can also insert a 2 to 3 minute rest interval each time during exercise.

▌ Prepare appropriate precautions

It is also very important to carry out good daily management of asthma, it is recommended to take drugs 15 minutes before exercise to prevent asthma attacks induced by exercise (specific drugs and dosages follow the doctor's instructions), and record the number and dosage of inhaled drugs; before starting regular exercise, first carry out about 15 minutes of warm-up exercise of different intensities; try to avoid breathing with your mouth open or wearing a mask during exercise to achieve the effect of heating and humidifying the air.

And remember to carry emergency medication for asthma exacerbations with you, especially for patients who have had recent asthma attacks. Even mildly ill new patients have to bring it, don't think that it is okay not to bring it occasionally, it is a bet on life!

Although asthma cannot yet be cured, it can be controlled through effective asthma management. So don't panic and be afraid even if you have asthma.

Finally, I would like to send a passage written by Yusheng Yushin in the "Quotations of Yusheng Knot": "Weak means to be strong, and to be able to say 'I am weak' means to have a feeling of wanting to become stronger." To think, 'I'm strong,' is to think that's it. ”