Apart from keeping you fit and helping to control excessive weight gain, exercise also reduces your chances of getting a severe stroke. Your level of activity before the stroke is strongly related to how severe the stroke is and how long it takes you to recover.
If you were physically active before the stroke, recovery time is usually shorter than for people who have not been physically active. Physical activity does not mean running a marathon! Housework, gardening, walking the dog and mowing the lawn are all forms of exercise.
Exercise keeps the heart and blood vessels healthy and helps in weight control. If you add a healthy diet, don’t smoke, reduce alcohol intake and have a healthy body weight, you can decrease your stroke risk by up to 80%. No medication can do that for you!