Exercise and Addiction
Personalized Recovery offers Yoga, Pilates, and pain management orientated exercise for individuals. But what are the benefits? Besides pain management, studies show how exercise actually has the ability to help addicts. According to the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urban-Champaign, studies on mice have proven that exercise stimulated reward centers in the brain, which “helps to ease cravings for drugs.”
Other benefits include overall physical benefits, such as weight loss, muscle strength, as well as long-term health rewards. While working on the body, the mind also strengthens. Self-concept and self-love grows as a bonus, which improves an individual’s mood. Anxiety and depression levels reduce, as body and mind work on sharpening together.