Swimming and other aquatic activities have huge benefits for health and wellbeing. People of all ages and communities can benefit from water’s hydrostatic pressure, as well as improved social connectedness and exercise. This includes primary prevention (never getting the condition) and tertiary prevention (reducing the complications of existing conditions).8 Swimming helps with both. Since 2017 I’ve been part of Swim England’s Health Commission. Footnotes Scarlett McNally is a consultant orthopaedic surgeon, deputy director of the Centre for Perioperative Care, president of the Medical Women’s Federation, and a member of Swim England’s Health Commission.

Source: The Guardian February 20, 2024 17:03 UTC