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exercise
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exercise: see physical fitness physical fitness, combined good health and physical development. The object of any program of physical fitness is to maximize an individual's health, strength, endurance, and skill relative to age, sex, body build, and physiology.
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exercise

Training of the body to improve health and fitness. Different types have different purposes, including aerobics for heart and respiratory function and weight loss, weight-bearing exercise for bone strength, weight training for muscle strength, and stretching for flexibility. Specific exercises are used in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Benefits include lower blood pressure, higher HDL cholesterol, improved disease resistance, and better general well-being.



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The patient's past pelvic-floor medical history consisted of urge urinary incontinence for which she reported undergoing 5 or 6 visits of biofeedback training and Kegel exercises a few months prior to this examination.
Managing a patient's constipation with physical therapy by Haskvitz, Esther M. / Physical Therapy
Many people fail Kegel exercises aimed at limiting incontinence because they never identify the correct muscle.
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Kegel exercises to strengthen or retrain pelvic floor muscles and sphincter muscles can reduce or cure stress leakage.
Urinary Incontinence in Women by Pamphlet by: National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
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