levante – Water sports for adrenaline and health!

Water sports for adrenaline and health!

Water sports combine fun and exercise in the most enjoyable way. However, what few people know is, that engaging in sea sports has a beneficial effect on chronic diseases of the upper respiratory system and that, children and teenagers who spend their summer doing water sports, build from an early age a very strong immune system.

It’s never too late to discover the obvious and hidden benefits of water sports and incorporate them  into our lives. Especially otolaryngology has increased patients with allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, polyps, etc. Also, the embodiment of anxiety has increased, with the most frequent symptoms being vertigo, headache, difficulty swallowing, and unsteadiness.

Despite the development in diagnosis and treatment, either pharmaceutical or surgical with new endoscopic techniques, it is certain what Hippocrates said thousands of years ago, that the body has the ability, to a large extent, to heal itself.

Windsurfing and water skiing are two sports that boost adrenaline and enthusiasm, because they increase the levels of endorphins, which act as natural antidepressants in the brain and im-mediately our mood changes. At the same time, during contact with water, we make the most natural nasal washes, which heal chronic conditions of the upper respiratory or help to keep them leveled, without complications and pronounced symptoms.

Let the energy reserves that we will get from our summer vacations, be the reason for having a more holistic reaction to the increase in morbidity with a radical change in the daily lifestyle, in terms of nutrition, sports, and management of our lives.

ANATOLI PATARIDOU | ENT Head & Neck Surgeon | Kids & Adults Scientific Associate of HYGEIA – MITERA Hospital