Physician are mostly concerned with specific diseases and body parts or function. This is the scientific part of medicine. Most doctors also recognize that a person's general state comes into play in their overall health. This is the holistic or healing art of medicine.
“Well being” is harder to define; it encompases energy, fatigue, sleep patterns, stress and mood amongst many other factors Well being is often preceived as the state of body and mind; as if it is a predetermined fate. This is not so, we can conrol many aspects of our condition. It is important to strive to improve oursleves, so think of using the more active description of “being well”.
For an example I will discuss how exercise is an active process towards being well.
One scientific study shows thata brief 20 minute exercise of only light to moderate intensity level can decrease fatigue by up to 60 percent. Participating at less than half of reccomended exercise levels results in increased energy levels..
Stress originates from different environments. What is a stressor for one person could be a normal environment for another. Whatever brings on the stress, the result is the same; agitation, mood swings, depression, changes in sleep patterns and altered appetite. Exercise has been shown to improve all of these symptoms.
In addition exercise releases cortisol and endorphins that help ease the bodies strains to stress. And finally exercise has been shown to improve the brains ability to plan and multitask; by coping better with overload from work or home there is less stress in the first place.
So get out their and burn that stress away through exercise : you are one workout away from feeling good.