About Exercise and COPD Part 1
In the coming weeks I intend to add more columns on my personal experience in dealing with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). For now, I thought I would break ground by leading off with some thoughts about fitness in general, and exercise and COPD in particular.
No one can argue that exercise is beneficial to most everyone. Granted, there are some extenuating circumstances were exercise might be counter productive to someone’s health, but my pulmonologist believes that in most cases just about everyone can benefit from regular exercise. He feels exercise is of particular importance for people managing illnesses like Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Bronchitis, etc. I could not agree more.
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