Type 2 Diabetes Management

Type 2 Diabetes Management and Dancing

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Lu Young RN

Type 2 diabetes management and dancing an activity that can be very enjoyable.  Dancing can help you lose weight and feel better.  The music just seems to move you.

If your doctor hasn’t restricted your activity in any way, you’re ready to rock. If you haven’t been active or seen the doctor in a while, ask yourself the following questions:

1. Has your doctor ever said you have a heart condition and that you should only do physical activity recommended by a doctor?
2. Do you feel pain in your chest when you do physical activity?
3. In the past month, have you had chest pain when you were not doing physical activity?
4. Do you lose your balance because of dizziness, or do you ever lose consciousness?
5. Do you have a bone or joint problem that could get worse from a change in your physical activity?
6. Is your doctor currently prescribing drugs (for example, water pills) for blood pressure or a heart condition?
7. Do you know of any other reason why you should not do physical activity?

Source: Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q), Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, Inc., 1994

Type 2 diabetes management and dancing for fitness and increased well-being.

Dancing can help ward off obesity, a key factor in Type 2 diabetes, US scientists say.

Busting hip-hop moves across a wooden gym floor, scientists led children through one hour of dancing weekly for one month.

Using pedometers, the research team found that the students averaged twice as many steps on days they danced.

At the same time, says Dr. Terri Lipman, PhD, CRNP, of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, the children had elevated resting heart rates after exercise, indicating that they were not physically fit.

Dr. Lipman aims to change that by encouraging children worldwide to ‘Dance for Health.’

“Dancing is not only free, culturally relevant, and fun,” says Dr. Lipman, “it is also an easily accessible way for children to lead a more active lifestyle.”

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Kids seem to enjoy dancing around.  It sure looks like fun. So learn to be young at heart and take a dancing class, great for socialization and meeting new people.  Type 2 diabetes management and dancing can improve your ability to control your blood glucose and learn to have a good time at the same time.