Is Exercise Good for Kidney Failure Patients

Is exercise good for kidney failure? The answer is certain. Regular exercise can help you improve some of your symptoms and make you feel very well.

Health benefits of exercise for kidney failure

As a matter as fact, exercise helps you in various aspects. It helps lower blood pressure, lower cholesterol level, boost your energy, improve your poor appetite and poor sleeping quality, etc. Besides, exercises help improve blood filtration through the kidneys so that toxins and other waste products can be eliminated more efficiently. Besides, it improves blood circulation and other metabolic functions, which allows oxygen and essential nutrients to be transported more efficiently around the body, including your damaged kidneys. With enough oxygen and nutrients, your damaged kidneys can gradually repair themselves.

How to make an exercise plan for kidney failure patients?
When you make an exercise plan, you should take types of exercise, duration, frequency and intensity into consideration.
-Choose exercises, such as walking, jogging, swimming, bicycling, skiing, aerobic dancing, tai chi, and so on.
-Work toward 30 minutes sessions.
-Three days a week is the minimum requirement to achieve the benefits of your exercise.
-The intensity should be a comfortable level. You should start slowly to warm up and then pick up pace, then slow down again when you are to finish.

Before you start an exercise program, you had better consult your doctor to make sure that the exercise is right for your current medical condition. During exercise, if you feel shortness of breath, chest pain, dizzy, leg cramps or other unpleasant symptoms, you should stop exercise immediately.
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