7 Health Benefits of Dancing Other Than Exercise and Stress Reducer

Introduction
Dancing – finally an activity that we can all agree when we say that we absolutely love it! Not matter if you are a bad or a good dancer, the joy that dancing brings, either at home alone, or at a full nightclub with your friends, dancing is among the few best ways to relax and feel the happiness in your whole body. If you do not like running or aerobic exercise or any kind of exercise that you know of or even tried, you can always refer to dancing. Especially since dancing is not in the classic form of exercise, yet you will get the number of health benefits that it promises and much more. But exercising and stress relief are no longer the only known benefits that dancing has to offer, there are other benefits that we are not even aware of. Are you excited to find out more?

Why should you dance more often?
Dancing has been known for as long as we can remember. But it has been only recently that the doctors have been recommending dancing as a way to exercise and keep your good health. Dancing has been used as a way to relief stress and has fun, but it is in the fact that dancing can and should be used to maintain your health. Dancing is fun for any age and because of this and the many other benefits that you will soon find out about, it should take part in your life more often! There are many studies done exploring these health benefits that we are talking about. We would want to mention a study published in the Journal of Aging and Physical Activity that confirms the benefits as increased muscle strength, improved balance, flexibility and etc. through dancing!

Can you guess which 7 health benefits apart from exercising and stress relief we are talking about?
If you are living a healthy lifestyle, or you are planning to make that big change these days, this article is for you as we offer you a way to maintain your good health in a fun and unique way! Exercising is a fun, inexpensive activity that you can enjoy in at home alone or at a gathering with your friends and family. You can even join a dancing group that you can visit. The possibilities are endless. And so are the benefits!

1. Dancing boosts your memory – In a research published in The New England Journal of Medicine, it is considered that dancing has helped by reducing the risk of dementia and improving the memory among the participants.

2. Dancing fights depression – Decreased symptoms of depression have been noticed among participants after a 12-week training program which involved dancing, a study confirms. It is not uncommon for doctors to recommend dancing as a part of the depression treating program nowadays.

3. Dancing decreases the risk of cardiovascular diseases and heart attack – Dancing has been proven useful to decrease the risk of heart diseases and attack especially for those people who by whatever the reason is to have an increased risk for these and many other conditions.

4. Lose weight through dancing – Dancing is probably the best way to lose weight. Which is why Zumba – the combination of dancing and exercise, has been trending since it has been discovered in the past years. Forget about dieting, turn on the music and start dancing!

5. Dancing will increase your energy levels – If you are feeling a bit down in the past few days, maybe dancing is the answer that you have been looking for! Dancing is considered to increase the energy levels and stamina among adults!

6. Dancing will offer you a joint pain relief – Forget all about your supplements for joint pain, and let dancing remove every trace of it naturally.

7. Fight osteoporosis with the help of dancing – If you are a middle age woman, or a woman who has just experienced menopause and you are worried about osteoporosis, dancing is the perfect solution for you since it will strengthen your bones and decrease the risk of osteoporosis!

Conclusion
What if you could maintain and even improve your health by combining music, dancing and health benefits that you cannot even count? As you probably know until now, dancing has many beneficial effects. But it seems like we have never been quite sure what those benefits are and how we can use them. No matter if you are young or old, there is no rule that says you cannot benefit from dancing, expect if you doctor strongly recommends you to avoid it. What is our advice? Set aside an hour for yourself at least two days a week, dance to your favorite hits and feel as your life improves with every step that you take!

References

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19940326

http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa022252

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