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How exercise can help your body fight off, and even prevent, a viral illness.

How exercise can help your body fight off, and even prevent, a viral illness.

The current COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly caused a sudden shift in how we as individuals, community members, and inhabitants of this world are functioning on a day to day basis to try to reduce the risk of personally getting and subsequently transmitting COVID-19 in our community.

A question that gets asked frequently to health care providers is “What more can I do to protect myself from viral illnesses such as COVID-19?”. Well aside from the precautions that are well laid out by Health Canada and public health, we thought we would help you understand, and even give you tips on how to implement, exercise into your day to day life so that you immune system gets strong and ready to go to battle when a virus is encountered by your body.

We know that this is a long article, but it covers a lot of ground.