1. Depression

A study conducted by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was able to prove that exercising can have a positive impact on mild to moderate depression just like antidepressant medication can affect it. The study found that running for 15 minutes daily or walking for one hour can reduce more than 25% risks of major depression. Furthermore, maintaining a schedule for your physical activity not only improves your depression symptoms but can also help you avoid relapsing. In fact, exercising promotes lots of changes in your brain such as neural growth and release of positive hormones that energize you and make you feel good. Exercising can also distract you from the negative thoughts and help you calm down which limits your depression symptoms. 

2. Anxiety

Anxiety is all about stress and tension and working out helps getting rid of them as well as boosting your physical and mental energy by releasing endorphins. While working out focus on the feelings that you are feeling in your feet, hands, abs and other parts. This mindfulness element can help you keep your mind off your worries and feel less anxious.

3. Stress

Stress can make your muscles tense especially in areas like the shoulders, neck, and face which can result in back or neck pain even when you are not stressed. Other symptoms can be a result of stress such as tightness in the chest, muscle cramps or pounding pulse. Some symptoms could be related to sleep or the stomach or the urination cycle. Furthermore worrying about these symptoms could increase your level of stress even further. In order to feel less stressed, you need to do something that releases endorphins, relaxes your muscles and the tension in your body. The remedy that has these results is exercising!

4. ADHD

Exercising has the ability to increase concentration, memory, moods, and motivation, which all are negatively affected when you have ADHD. Working out has been proved to be a better remedy for ADHD than medications.

5. Trauma and PTSD

Exercising pushes you to focus on your body helping your nervous system to get out of the immobilization stress response that is one of the characteristics of trauma or PTSD. Rather than letting your mind wander, let it pay attention to the feelings in your muscles and joints every time you make a move. Exercises that include movements for both legs and arms can be the best choice. Try swimming, sand walking, or weight training if you are suffering from trauma or PTSD.