Balance exercises can also have a positive effect on your memory.
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Pinkafeld, 4th of June 2024 - A-levels, exams and presentations at school or for university. June is a tough one. But anyone who sits rigidly in front of a desk for hours on end is doing their body and soul no favours. In recent years, the topic of taking breaks while working or studying has increasingly become the focus of health science. The tenor: those who take breaks are not lazy. Properly conducted breaks promote physical and mental well-being as well as concentration and performance. Ideally, you should use the short learning break to get some exercise. Some students from the Bachelor's degree programme in Physiotherapy at University of Applied Sciences Burgenland show how this can be done easily and without aids in the classroom, seminar room or in front of the desk at home in various short videos.
"Hello, dear fellow students! Today we're getting our circulation going together and getting you fit again for your studies and everyday life" - this is how the short videos that the physiotherapy students have created for their fellow students at UAS Burgenland begin. The approximately five-minute exercise sessions demonstrate exercises that require no equipment and little space. Water bottles or rucksacks are used as aids. Nevertheless, the exercises are effective.
Balance exercises can also have a positive effect on your memory.
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Light exercises increase your ability to concentrate.
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Did you know that taking exercise breaks while sitting helps to reduce your glucose, insulin and triglycerol levels? This means that even small changes in your exercise behaviour have a positive effect on your metabolism.
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The short videos were created as part of the Studo-Fit research project, which is funded by the Fonds Gesundes Österreich and the ÖH of UAS Burgenland and has been running since spring 2023. The videos are made available to students at UAS Burgenland free of charge. Numerous other activities are designed to motivate them to look after their physical and mental health.
For the break instructors from the physiotherapy class, the film shoot, carried out by the UAS's in-house media centre team, was an impressive experience. "On the one hand, the first-year students were able to try their hand at leading exercises professionally. On the other hand, the film shoot was of course an exciting and thrilling experience for them," says lecturer Florian Reisinger.
The central aim of the Studo-Fit research project is to promote students' mental well-being, psychosocial health and health and life balancing skills. The focus is on strengthening cohesion, trust and a sense of belonging as well as creating a health-promoting learning environment for students at UAS Burgenland. The project results are to be embedded in the overall strategy of UAS Burgenland and further developed as a sustainable health promotion programme for students. More information at: Studo-Fit - Research Burgenland (forschung-burgenland.at)
Registration for remaining places is still possible in some degree programmes at FH Burgenland. Information at www.fh-burgenland.at