Exercise and Kidney Disease

⬤ Heart Pumping Activities? Your Cardiologist Says “Yes!”
⬤ How to Keep your Kidneys Healthy in 5 Steps: https://youtu.be/XvlaCIYWxBY
⬤ Kidney Disease and Exercise

✅ Resistance exercise, even on a low-protein diet, has been shown to build muscle and strength in kidney patients. Cardiovascular and resistance exercise can help reduce morbidity and mortality, as well as improve quality of life, in patients with CKD.

⬤ Did you know?

✅ Getting your heart beating faster than it's resting rate each day trains your body to move oxygen and blood to your muscles more efficiently.
Like other muscles, your heart becomes stronger with regular physical activity.
What does this mean?
As your cardiovascular fitness improves, your heart muscle doesn't have to work as forcefully to pump oxygen-rich blood through your body.

⬤ Exercise may help prevent stroke by helping to reduce other risk factors, including high blood pressure and obesity.

⬤ The benefits of moving more are numerous and include:

✅ Strengthening the heart muscle.
✅ Better cholesterol - Improved HDL or “good” cholesterol.Lowering LDL or “bad” cholesterol.
✅ Lowering blood pressure.
✅ Improving kidney function.
✅ Improving your mood by reducing the risk or intensity of depression and anxiety.
✅ Supporting better sleep.
✅ Reducing stress.
✅ Improving balance and joint flexibility.
✅ Reducing inflammation - studies also have shown regular exercise reduces inflammation, which is associated with Type 2 diabetes.
✅ Slowing the aging process – increased blood flow improves the appearance of skin.
✅ Maintaining your weight and Body Mass Index (BMI).

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