Why does regular exercise matter? It’s simple. Exercise not only helps us feel better physically but it can also help with something that most people experience daily stress. According to the American Institute for Stress, 77% of people in the United States experience the effects of stress. Let’s Talk About Stress and Benefits of Swimming Stress can have significant effects on a person’s mood, body, and mind. It affects how a person thinks, feels, and navigates their relationships with others. It can also affect their appetite and how they sleep. The reasons people feel stress include job pressure, health, finances, sleep deprivation, and even traffic (Houstonians get this!) among a host of other reasons. Stress in Children Children too can experience stress that will affect their mental health. Feelings of stress in children come from a variety of different sources. These sources can be both internally and externally driven. Children may feel pressure to succeed at school, to fit in with their peers, and to excel at a sport or many sports. Children may also feel stress due to social media trends, family dynamics such as the divorce of parents, and other significant life-changing events such as a move or processing a death in the family. With the rigors of modern-day life, it is likely that stress will exist and have more and more of a negative impact unless proper coping skills are in place. One of the proven and admittedly fun ways of getting ahead of stress is exercise, specifically, a good swim. Swimming Helps Your Mental Health Swimming is a great form of regular exercise that works for different muscle groups simultaneously without placing too much strain on […]