What are the benefits of exercise for gout?

The most common symptom of gout is knee pain. However, exercise has a good effect on relieving gout symptoms. Active exercise can assist in the treatment of gout. It can not only stabilize the patient's condition, but also greatly improve the patient's physical fitness and quality of life. It is a better prevention and treatment measure. So what are the main benefits for gout? Well, let me tell you about it.

1Exercise can help gout patients lose weight

Gout patients are overweight or obese, which is not conducive to lowering the high blood uric acid level in the body, nor is it conducive to controlling concomitant diseases such as hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia and hypertension. Therefore, losing weight is an important measure for gout patients. Exercise is undoubtedly one of the most effective ways to lose weight.

The most effective way to lose weight is to persist in long-term and regular exercise. Exercise helps to lose weight, prevent and treat gout, and improve high blood pressure, diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypercholesterolemia. Why not do it for gout patients?

2. Exercise promotes the body’s metabolism

Exercise can be said to be a "natural medicine" that regulates the human body's metabolic mechanism. People often say that "sweat is valuable", which means that through "sweat", some metabolic waste and toxins in the body are excreted faster. Every aerobic exercise can be thought of as a spring cleaning of the body. Traditional Chinese medicine emphasizes the "yin and yang balance" of the human body. The process of exercise is actually the process of achieving the balance of yin and yang. Gout itself is a disease caused by purine metabolism disorder. Through exercise, gout patients can achieve "magical" effects in regulating and promoting metabolism that cannot be achieved by drugs.

3. Exercise can relieve joint and muscle pain

Exercise can relieve joint and muscle pain. This is why some athletes, when suddenly injured during intense sports competitions (such as muscle strain, Achilles tendon tear or even fracture), often do not feel much pain at the time and can even continue to complete the game. Most gout patients who like to exercise usually have this experience.

People often say, "Walking and running are a great way to clean your body." Through exercise, you will feel the pain is significantly relieved or even disappear. In addition, exercise can make patients more positive and optimistic and have confidence to face the disease. Maintaining an optimistic mood is conducive to the control and treatment of gout. But everything is bad in excess, and you should not over-exercise.