Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN HUMAN BODY DUE TO EXERCISE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO VYAYAMA

Dr. Payal D. Gaikwad*, Dr. Sampada S. Sant and Dr. Kishor Ugale

Abstract

Ayurveda is ancient science of life. In Ayurveda, Acharyas have explained the importance of exercise in their samhitas. Acharya Charak has explained importance of exercise. He has mentioned the benefits that lightness in body, ability to work hard, regular exercise can give your body stability, increases your endurance power, increases appetite, decreases doshas.[1] He also explained the quantity of exercise that one should perform exercise half of its whole strength.[2] He also explained that one should perform heavy exercise in Winter season and autumn season. Now a days people are becoming very health conscious. Globalization induces sedentary lifestyle. There is evidence of the effectiveness of regular physical activity in the primary and secondary prevention of several chronic diseases e.g. cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, obesity, hypertension, bone and joint diseases. Physical activity / exercise can improve your health. Physical activity and exercise can have immediate and long term health benefits. Daily 30 minutes of exercise can allow you to enjoy health benefits. The primary purpose of this review was to evaluate the current Ayurvedic and Modern literature and provide further insight into the role physical inactivity plays in the development of chronic diseases and premature death So this is my small effort to create the awareness in people about the exercise and to review the physiological effects of exercise in human body.

Keywords: Samhitas, Acharyas.