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COULD A PRE-JAB WORKOUT
REDUCE SIDE-EFFECTS
OF FLU VACCINATIONS?
Researchers investigated whether older adults who exercised prior to receiving a flu vaccination
experienced lesser side-effects than non-exercisers.
Review by Dr Mike Climstein PhD and Dr Joe Walsh PhD
Cough droplets can travel as
far as 6 metres – unless they
are prevented from doing so
by first hitting something
much closer...
Title: Acute exercise decreases vaccine reactions following influenza
vaccination among older adults
Authors: Dr’s Bohn-Goldbaum and colleagues (Faculty of Health
Sciences and Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney)
Source: Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, Volume 1, January
2020, 100009
Introduction: I have previously communicated to Research Review
readers how I almost drowned while surfing in Indonesia many
(many) years ago. Since that near-death experience I train for surfing
like it’s an Olympic event (which it is now, debuting at the 2020 Tokyo
Olympics). Although I surf or do a gym or pool session almost every
day, I up the training when I am preparing for bigger size waves
like Indonesia, Fiji and of course Hawaii. It is my strategy to try to
minimise my chances of having a ‘misadventure’ in the surf (to word
it nicely).
Let me preface this next section with the fact that I grew up in
South Florida, never had a cold or the flu, my parents the same, so
the concept of the flu vaccine was quite foreign to me. Fast forward
many years and there I was, hyper-trained and highly surf-fit,
boarding a Hawaii-bound flight for a surf trip. Unfortunately, there
were no frequent flyer seats available in Business, so I was seated in
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