The Importance of Regular Exercise in Gallstone Prevention

1. Early Morning Sprint

There is nothing recharging like an early morning brisk walk in cool, fresh air. It energises the brain, improves digestion, and burns most of the fat before it settles down in some corner of your body. 

You hardly walk if you are a work-with-a-laptop type, and that can be a potential reason for gallstone formation. Continuous sitting posture can obstruct proper liver, gallbladder, and pancreas flow. Walking can counter these adverse effects and save fat from forming stones in the gallbladder. 

Clinical evidence suggests 30 minutes to 2 hours of walking daily to reduce gallstone risk.

Swimming

If swimming is your hobby, indulge in it and rest assured of gallstone prevention. Swimming is exceptionally beneficial for all the organs and their nervous coordination with the body. In an interesting study, 60,000 women subjected to recreational swimming for two to three hours per week reduced the need for gallbladder surgery by 20 per cent. 

Swimming improves heart and liver function and evaporates unwanted fat from the body. This helps prevent gallstone formation and supports if you are on a treatment for it even if you binge on fatty foods.

2. Yoga

Yoga has always been a curious combination of subtle yet calorie-burning body poses. One blissful part of yoga is it doesn't make you tired. You feel more energetic than before the pose, and at the same time, you end up burning calories. Yogic poses are energy regulating rather than randomly burning fat. 

Several yoga poses are beneficial for gallstone prevention. Sun salutation, reclining bound angle, cat-cow, and bow pose are popularly suggested. 

3. Dance

If you do not want to be conscious that you are on a workout schedule, switch on the music and unleash yourself. Dance is scientifically proven to be a perfect form of exercise. 

It helps by: 

• Reducing stress 
• Improving flexibility 
• Promoting cardiac health 
• Enhancing liver function 
• Accelerating overall body circulation 
• Burns calories and unwanted fat

So, go on and dance. There can be no better fun-filled way of preventing gallstones. 

4. Daily Activities

If you want to start with something simple before trying any defined form of physical training, here you are. Many simple domestic activities can replace formal exercise. 

• Taking the Stairs—Give up using the elevator and take the stairs instead. Climbing is a good exercise for your body and can provide the benefits of working out. 
• Work Desk Exercises—Pedal your legs while your hands work on the laptop. This can keep your abdomen and liver energised. 
• Gardening—Gardening is an excellent stress reliever and keeps you physically active. Studies have shown that it can increase pheromones and indirectly support gallstone prevention. It reduces blood pressure and burns calories.

Additionally, keeping yourself physically active throughout the day is a passive exercise that can help prevent gallstones. 

5. Sporting

Play your way to gallstone prevention. Getting engaged in a physical sport is a sound mind and body energiser. Playing any sport has the following benefits: 

• Improves Inflammatory Pathways—It boosts the immune system, making you more sturdy against any imbalance in the body. 
• Provides Mental Strength—The rush of pheromones and adrenaline gives you new hope and confidence to handle anything peacefully. 
• Burns Calories—Of course, it burns calories and keeps you light. The lower the body weight, the lesser the chances of gallstones. 

All these physical activities form a shield against the various causes of gallstone formation, thus aiding in prevention. 

Once you are diagnosed with gallstones, surgery is the usual option. A study suggests that exercising five days a week after gallstone surgery improves outcomes and reduces complications.

Never lose hope; here are a few exercises that can prevent the recurrence of gallstones after surgery. 

• In-bed Stretches - Back stretching and leg stretching morning and night in bed can improve blood circulation to the liver
• Mildwalk - Walking is always a good exercise. After surgery, a mild walk can keep you active. 
• Simple Warm-up—Arm rotation, neck rotation, and foot rotation are a few exercises that can improve treatment outcomes after surgery. 

Hence, the mantra is to ensure you burn enough fat by being physically active and eating proportionately. Now, does this always work for everyone? 

Well, not really. Don't be surprised. Ayurvedic experts suggest this, and other medical fraternities also reconcile that every person is genetically different and that every human body doesn't respond the same way to treatment. 

Ayurvedic body analysis can help you identify your tendencies towards fat burning and fat formation. As per Ayurveda, gallstones are formed due to an imbalance of pitta and kapha. If your body is naturally a kapha type, then the kind of exercise you choose should be intense. So step zero before step 1 to prevent gallstone is understanding the self. 

Get your body analysis done with our Nirva health experts today. 

Conclusion

Any activity that involves exercise needs to suit our body type. An extremely lean person may also want to prevent gallstones, but heavy exercise may not be suitable. Choosing the proper physical exercise is a great way to prevent gallstones. 

Your entire daily routine can be oriented towards being physically active. If you are a sedentary worker, exercising is all the more critical, gallstones can change your entire life once they set in. They have a say in what you can eat and how you can live.

Gallstones are painful physically and financially. Prevention via holistic healing is a wise decision. If you are always on a high-fat diet or if any of your family members have had gallstones, don't wait to get your consultation to prevent them.