Dubai Sports Council launched awareness campaigns about the importance of exercising for all members of society through videos that include the advice of international doctors and the results of specialized international reports .
The Council released on private social media platforms films that included the advice of British Professor Dhofar Iqbal, a sports medicine and exercise therapist who has extensive experience as a senior physician for a number of Premier League clubs: Tottenham Hotspur 2008-2010, Liverpool 2010-2015, Crystal Palace 2015 to date, along with Kent County Cricket Club, among others .
The British professor gave advice to the club athletes about the appropriate training for them, as well as an explanation on the importance of exercising for all and the appropriate time for exercising and how to maintain the state of the body. .
Dubai Sports Council said in a press statement: “In the face of the Corona-Covid 19 pandemic, the Dubai Sports Council continues efforts to raise awareness of the importance of exercising as one of the most important ways to protect the individual and society as it contributes to strengthening the circulatory system, respiratory system and immune system of the body .”
"The Council published more than one introductory video that included the results of recent medical research that confirmed that exercising leads to stimulating blood circulation and strengthening the immune system, and contributes to preventing the exacerbation of viral infection and reducing its severity, " the statement said.
The Council stressed: “Adherence to the instructions of the Higher Committee for Crisis and Disaster Management, and the World Health Organization required adults to do physical activity for at least half an hour per day, to preserve their health, and that scientific studies of epidemic cases that infected people who were not exercising were "More likely to die compared to people who exercised regularly ."
In the induction campaign, it was emphasized that an international study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine demonstrated that people who exercise regularly experience fewer cold or cold attacks, and when infected with the virus, the symptoms are less severe and impact, compared to people Who do not exercise regularly .
And it was defined how to strengthen the immune system, as exercising leads to the spread of white blood cells and antibodies faster, so that it can detect diseases earlier, and that a slight rise in body temperature during and immediately after the exercise prevents the growth of bacteria, and a high temperature helps The body better fights infection, and contributes to reducing the tension that causes the weakened immune system, exposing the body to many diseases and attacking viruses, as well as treating insomnia and sleep disorders, as it improves sleep periods so that the body's systems perform their full functions .