Sports, in particular, some physical exercises can help overcome mental health problems, including getting rid of depression.

The team of researchers from institutes of Australia, Spain, Denmark and Finland conducted an in -depth analysis. For this, hundreds of studies and numerous exercises were used. The results were published by BMJ.

Yoga, aerobic exercises, strength training and tai-chi gave some of the best results, but this may depend on your age and gender.

Yoga turned out to be more effective for men, as well as qigong, a holistic system of exercises, focused on mobile meditation, rhythmic breathing and access to meditative states of the mind.

Some studies suggest that this is because yoga and meditation prevent patients from thinking and thinking too deeply, which can affect their mental health, while others suggested that it is because such activity as yoga contribute to self -sympathy, tolerance. , the awareness of the body and attentiveness of strength training turned out to be especially useful for women and young people. It seems that walking or jogging is useful for both men and women.

Meanwhile, elderly people can find more relief in yoga practices.

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After this analysis, experts invited doctors to prescribe physical exercises to people fighting depression, adapting exercises to the level of physical training and personal characteristics of each patient. They also proposed new research, where participants would not know what is tested in order to get more accurate results.

Earlier OBOZ. UA talked about why yoga was banned in the USSR.