Kinesitherapy Used to Treat Obesity in Women

Abstract

This work aims to point out the influences of Kinesitherapy (Physical Therapy) in the recovery of overweight or obese individuals through the development and application of diets and exercise programs adapted to the degree of ponderability, age, and disorders associated with the female included in the study. We have designed and applied a hypocaloric diet and an experimental program of training for the experimental group, with various difficulties, over the course of 30 days, two workouts per week. For statistical processing, we have used the Microsoft Excel application. The results obtained from observation and investigation revealed the passive attitude of overweight or obese individuals, compared to doing exercise caused by embarrassment and disbelief in their own forces, lack of self-esteem and disgust towards their own person, lack of capacity for effort, and ease in performing everyday motor activities. After having applied the diet and the experimental physical training, we had better results on the final test, showing significant progress between the two tests; the conclusion was that exercise and a proper diet can help lose weight, improve self-confidence and self-esteem, and increase the level of general physical training.