Physical activity

The health benefits of physical activity:

Dear Aloyzio,   Monica is a 37 year old mother of 3 children. She works full time and finds her life increasingly stressful as she has to bring work home with her, and this is now affecting her home life and marriage. She notices that she is becoming increasingly anxious about her children’s health and is seeing her GP for minor ailments and problems with her sleep. One day she sees you on her own and breaks down in tears saying that she is finding things very difficult.  How might you approach this scenario and do you think that physical activity is likely to help? Find out more in our module on The health benefits of physical activity: depression, anxiety, sleep, and dementia.