STRESS, EXERCISE, & THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

In this column, Dr. Jessie shares the benefits exercise can have on reducing stress and keeping our bodies healthy.

By Dr. Jessie Stone

“IF YOU DON’T HAVE A POSITIVE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE STRESS OF THE UNCERTAINTY RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO GET SICK NOT ONLY FROM CORONA BUT FROM OTHER THINGS AS WELL.” One thing coronavirus has created a lot of around the world is uncertainty. Our brains do not like uncertainty and have a hard time coping with it. Since none of us have lived through a pandemic before it’s a new and different kind of uncertainty, a greater uncertainty. This has contributed to a lot more stress in people’s day to day lives. All the talk of if there is a treatment for corona and how to prevent corona has left out a key component, which only now is starting to get some attention, namely stress from…

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