{"title":"Mishti copes with diabetes: Dancing","authors":"S. Kalra, Naresh Kardwal","doi":"10.4103/2321-0656.193991","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"My favorite physical activity is dancing. I practice folk dance at least 5 times a week for about 1⁄2 h, with my friends and siblings. I begin by warming up with simple steps and then move on to vigorous movements, before cooling off with light stretching exercises. I try to practice dance forms which involve both upper limb and lower limb movements and include both large and small muscle contractions. This promotes flexibility as well as strength. Such dances also work to increase my insulin sensitivity, so that I need less insulin doses, and keep my nerves, bones, and joints fit. Dances which help me achieve this include Haryanvi folk dance and Bhangra.","PeriodicalId":131259,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Health and Diabetes","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Social Health and Diabetes","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/2321-0656.193991","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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My favorite physical activity is dancing. I practice folk dance at least 5 times a week for about 1⁄2 h, with my friends and siblings. I begin by warming up with simple steps and then move on to vigorous movements, before cooling off with light stretching exercises. I try to practice dance forms which involve both upper limb and lower limb movements and include both large and small muscle contractions. This promotes flexibility as well as strength. Such dances also work to increase my insulin sensitivity, so that I need less insulin doses, and keep my nerves, bones, and joints fit. Dances which help me achieve this include Haryanvi folk dance and Bhangra.