Swimming and Mammalian Dive Reflex

By: Vipul / Category: Health FAQs

Swimming offer many health benefits to asthmatics and other chest and lung related diseases, Parents of new born children are advised to take their children swimming as early and often as possible, many local authorities also encourage swimming amongst younger children offering free swimming lessons and facilities, swimming is an activity that effectively burns lots of calories, can help to build muscular strength and endurance, and more importantly can improve your bodies cardiovascular fitness levels.

Swimming is an activity which can be undertaken by all ages and more importantly an activity you can do safely into old age, as it is easy on the bodies joints, for children learning to swim from an early age not only strengthens the bond between parent/teacher and child, but can also teach the child to enjoy and become confident in water and also to equip them with skills that may one day save their lives.

Children between 0-12 months old have the ability to swim under water so to speak, if put underwater they’ll open their eyes and hold their breath as a in-built response to stop water getting into the lungs and drowning, it is a natural phenomenon known as the Mammalian Dive Reflex, which is believed to be programmed as a automatic response as opposed to a learnt reaction, deep rooted with the fact that the baby is submerged in amniotic fluid during pregnancy and have the ability to hold their breath under water due to a automatic.

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Swimming Pools supplied by www.oasispoolproducts.co.uk

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