subject: Muscle Out Diabetes With a Personal Trainer [print this page] Human apprehension always projects a situation as graver than what it really is. Often, seemingly bad circumstances only need some fighting spirit, some belief and someone to support. Diabetes is one such condition, which if ignored could lead to further complications, but at the same time it can be controlled by taking suitable measures against it. Diabetes needs as much of mental fortitude as it needs physical effort. This is where a personal trainer comes in handy.
A fitness trainer trains not only the body but in a way, the mind too. A trainer could 'train' us to experience the 'journey' of life with greater joy and discipline. The importance of the trainer doesn't stop at brawn, but extends beyond, so much so, it enables the body to fight chronic conditions like diabetes.
In Diabetes, the body cells fail to imbibe glucose from the bloodstream, because the hormone 'insulin' which helps in this, is either not sufficiently present or fails to evoke response from the cells. The resultant increase in blood sugar can cause complications due to its effect on the blood vessels, which might lose elasticity. Heart and kidney diseases are hence two probable derivatives of diabetic effects although one can't predict their occurrence.
High blood sugar could prove detrimental to the lens of the eye and hence could affect vision. If blood vessels and nerves are affected it could translate to sores on legs which may go unnoticed due to loss of sensitivity resulting in further danger. In short, a multitude of complications can emanate due to diabetes.
Diabetes could hence cause obvious physical harm and not so obvious emotional trauma. However, both could be fought with the assistance of a knowledgeable personal trainer. Exercise acts as a consuming agent for the glucose in blood and also makes the insulin more sensitive to storing it, hence working against the causes of diabetes.
However, balance is the keyword that life needs, and so does any activity that invigorates it. Overdoing something could prove to be more harmful than the actual problem. This is the first quality a personal trainer brings for starters - balance. A second precious contribution could be accountability, towards common good of his/her profession and the well being of the client. Hence it goes without saying that a fitness expert wouldn't leave any stone unturned to ensure that a sensitive diabetic client is being put through the right regime, the scope for error being so narrow.
A trainer also brings invaluable experience from the past. Isn't it so easy to be lost in myths and false hopes? Reality and facts are the efficient tools of a fitness trainer.
Diabetic patients could only help themselves by being aware of the minutest details about their condition and be optimistic about how they could beat it. The calorie intake, the categories of food and order of preference coupled with consumption of medicines are so vital for taking care of diabetes. At the same time, the nuances of physical activity, the timing and efficiency of exercises, the weights one should be training with and the progressive improvement over a given period are all pieces of a puzzle that personal trainers could patch together with assured elegance.
Diet is a key factor to how diabetic patients can make their body feel good. Its one thing to consume the key ingredients, it's another thing to work out what the body needs in what quantity. The permutations and combinations of various diets in the right amount worked out by a fitness expert could make the body smile, the advantages of which are well known.
A diabetic patient hence could only benefit from a personal trainer, someone who motivates them through winds of doubt towards a healthier, happier person who understands how to care for the body, believing conditions like diabetes only brought them to love themselves more than before.
