December 11, 2018

Every day in January we’ll promote a different benefit of physical activity.  That’s 31 of them!

 "For if physical activity was a pill , every doctor in the land would prescribe it every day."

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If you have a health condition and are using physical activity to help with this, we would love to hear from you, please engage with us on social media or send us your story joanna.coleman@cumbria.gov.uk 

Campaign calender

Date	Focus	Resource
Jan 1st	Help you maintain a Healthy Weight	Cumbria Healthy Weight Declaration NHS Healthy Weight Top Tips to Move More
Jan 2nd	Reduce risk of stroke by 25%	Stroke Association - Exercise & Stroke Being Active after a Stroke
Jan 3rd	Lower Blood Pressure	BP UK - Helping lower blood pressure
Jan 4th	Keep bones healthy	NHS UK - Exercises for strong bones
Jan 5th	Prevent Diabetes	Diabetes.co.uk - Diabetes & Exercise
Jan 6th	Lower Cholesterol	NHS UK - Cholesterol control Being Active with Heart Disease
Jan 7th	Improve back pain	NHS UK - Lower back pain exercises
Jan 8th	Reduce depression	NHS UK - Exercise for depression MIND - Physical Activity, Sport & Exercise
Jan 9th	Lower anxiety	Anxiety UK - Physical exercise & anxiety
Jan 10th	Manage stress	NHS UK - Reduce stress
Jan 11th	Prevent falls	NHS UK - Chair based pilates video
Jan 12th	Manage arthritis	NHS UK - Arthritis video Being Active with Arthritis
Jan 13th	Improve sleep	NHS UK - Beat insomnia
Jan 14th	Increase energy	NHS UK - Fight Fatigue
Jan 15th	Make new friends	Walking for Health - Video
Jan 16th	Increase life expectancy	Active Cumbria - Find an Activity
Jan 17th	Improve immunity	Research - how to improve your immunity
Jan 18th	Manage asthma	Asthma UK - Exercise & activities
Jan 19th	Improve pregnancy health	NHS UK - Pregnancy & exercise
Jan 20th	Slow the ageing process	NHS UK - Exercise as you get older
Jan 21st	Reduce cancer risk	Macmillan - Keeping active Being Active with Cancer
Jan 22nd	Enhance brain functioning	Research - Exercise & the brain
Jan 23rd	Reduce risk of dementia	Alzheimers UK - Exercise
Jan 24th	Improve sex life & relationships	NHS UK - Benefits of exercise
Jan 25th	Maintain independence	Age UK - Health, wellbeing & fitness
Jan 26th	Increase confidence	Mind - how to increase self esteem
Jan 27th	Reduce cravings	Smokefree - Fight cravings with exercise
Jan 28th	Increase flexibility	NHS UK - How to improve strength & flexibility
Jan 29th	Improve school attainment	Active Cumbria - 100 Mile Challenge
Jan 30th	Reduce sick days off work	NICE Guidance - Physical Activity at work
Jan 31st	Put the fun back into life!	13 ways to make exercise fun!