Sports And Longevity

[DUSTY]

GERMANS SPEND THE EQUIVALENT OF $25 BILLION PER YEAR ON SPORTS OR OVER $300 PER PERSON. THIS MONEY IS PAID FOR "OUTFITS, EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, HIRING SPORTS GROUNDS, AND CLUB FEES, " REPORTS THE NASSAUISCHE NEUE PRESSE. MORE THAN THREE MILLION PEOPLE EXERCISE AT FITNESS STUDIOS, AND MILLIONS MORE GO JOGGING. MIGHT SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS THEREFORE LIVE LONGER OR BETTER THAN STAY-AT-HOMES? NOT NECESSARILY. THE BOOK PHYSIOLOGIES DES MENSCHEN ( HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY ) STATES: "TO GENERALIZE THAT SPORTS ARE THE BEST MEDICINE IS DEFINITELY NOT CORRECT." WHY? BECAUSE MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION GERMANS VISIT THE DOCTOR EACH YEAR WITH SPORTS-RELATED INJURIES INCURRED DURING RECREATION ON WEEKENDS AND ON VACATIONS. THE BOOK ADVISES THAT EXCERCISE AND SPORTS ARE GOOD FOR HEALTH ONLY " AS LONG AS THE IMPROVEMENT IN WELL-BEING IS NOT IMPAIRED BY ACCIDENTS OR CHRONIC SPORTING INJURIES."

 

[danielson]

basically a difference between recreational sports and training towards competition/maximum effort

makes sense....if you expose a human body to the repetitive types of stresses it gets playing sports over and over it does get injured, especially if its not especially suited to those motions