Sports doctor and head of the Sport-Santé house "Mon Stade" in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, Roland Krzentowski sees both Olympic champions and sedentary patients pass through his center with an adapted physical activity prescription, in a therapeutic objective.
Is it essential to see your doctor before resuming a sporting activity?
ROLAND KRZENTOWSKI.
No, unless you suffer from chronic illnesses and if you have a concern about your health or if you want to resume competition after a long hiatus.
I am not in favor of putting barriers against the practice of regular physical activity of moderate intensity.
If you are going to walk 3 km, you do not need a doctor's advice.
You have to go very gradually to avoid the risks.
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Is it dangerous to go back to sport?
It is not sport that is dangerous.
What is and which kills today in France just as much as tobacco is sedentary lifestyle.
Moving and practicing physical activity according to your desire, your abilities and your lifestyle can save you rather than the other way around.
It is essential in the context of certain diseases such as diabetes.
Sport can be a medicine and a sedentary lifestyle is a scourge.
Roland Krzentowski / DR
Is it necessary to be accompanied for a recovery?
No need for a medical consultation to adopt a more active lifestyle.
You don't have to hold hands to go for a walk or a few push-ups in your room.
Sport should not be a constraint.
On the other hand, a personalized program on prescription from the doctor, with a therapeutic objective, will ideally be implemented by a teacher in adapted physical activity.
What do you recommend for people who cannot move at all from their workstation?
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Moving even a little bit is always better than not moving at all.
If you sit all day at your desk, you must take a break, every hour and a half or every two hours.
You have to get up and take a few steps around the room, relax your muscles.
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Medically, how often do you recommend to resume physical activity?
The effects of a physical activity session are on average beneficial for 72 hours.
So you have to practice it three times a week, as you want.
You can also do sports in your everyday life by taking the stairs, walking, leaving a metro station early and ending up on foot.
What is needed at all costs is to move.