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Calm, just calm. How to relieve stress with exercise | Healthy Life | Health

Fight, flight, freeze – these are three automatic human reactions to stress. There is a fourth way – to get rid of it with the help of exercises.

“Physical activity is the most effective way to cope with stress. The hormone cortisol, which is produced by the adrenal glands in stressful situations, can be safely “utilized” by engaging the muscles.

If a person remains motionless (for example, lies with his head against the wall), the level of cortisol does not change, and the excitement does not subside, explains neuropsychologist, head of the scientific and practical center “DOM” Svetlana Shishkova. “As an ambulance, you can use exercises that allow you to quickly relieve tension and switch to finding the optimal way out of the current situation.”

Below are instructions.

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