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Exercise After Vaccination Helps Your Response


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Ninety minutes of heart-pounding exercise significantly improves the protective antibody production to both influenza and CoVid vaccines.  Iowa State immunobiologists tested 20 participants undergoing influenza vaccination and 36 undergoing Pfizer CoVid vaccination.  Subjects, all of whom were regular exercisers, were randomized to exercise or normal sedentary activity beginning 30 minutes after vaccination and then underwent antibody level testing 2 or 4 weeks following flu vaccination or 2 weeks following dose l of CoVid vax and 1 week following dose 2 of CoVid vax.

 

Post-vaccination exercise increased the titers of anti-flu antibodies when it was continued for a full 90 minutes.  Titers were no different for those only exercising for 45 minutes compared with the non-exercisers.  For those receiving the CoVid vaccines antibody titers increased significantly after both the first and the second shot of the Pfizer vaccine.

 

I’m often asked, “Is it ok the exercise after a vaccination?”  This study suggests that it is.  Remember that exercise works best when started around 30 minutes after the jab when your increased circulatory activity supercharges your immune system.  If you delay exercise until you begin having post-vaccination symptoms such as fever or fatigue, you’d better delay the exercise until those have passed in order to respect your body’s recuperative efforts.

 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0889159122000319?via%3Dihub

 

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Dr. Howard Smith ReportsBy Howard G. Smith MD, AM