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4.(e)     Current stress management literature doesn't highlight that Challenging, rigorous, enjoyable, outdoor, regular exercise within a LCCBSG enhances Coping Skills materially more than merely "regular exercise" ie. a 30 min walk daily

Over 250 different Recreational Road Cyclists have cycled with Muggaccinos.com 100km+ Sunday road rides over the last 13 years.  The self-confidence and composure that these cyclists have displayed are testimony that regularly achieving difficult cardiovascular sporting goals, in a communal, LCCBSG, increases Self-esteem and hardens the resolve, thereby enhancing Coping Skills.  Such exercise personally Empowers Adults To Better Take Control Of Their Stress Responses which resonates out to every aspect of their lives, work, relationships, and society.  A RREA, which enables adults to refresh their childhood confidence established many years earlier from playing outdoors with their mates, is an effective stress management tool.

During his involvement in Recreational Road Cycling within a LCCBSG, the Business Plan Developer, in his capacity as Ride Organiser of Muggaccinos.com, has evidenced some of his cycle friends experience emotional traumas (financial, relationship break-ups, sudden death in the family) in their lives and overcome anxiety and Depression largely due to -

(a)        robust Coping Skills that they have honed; and

(b)        support amongst friends in their LCCBSG.

Exercise and Depression, Henry J. Fishman, M.D. ConsumerAffairs.Com , July 2005 asks if regular exercise improves mood and helps relieve depression?  Yes, according to a study published recently in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.  Researchers studied 80 people with mild to moderate depression. They divided them into five groups.

*           1st group did moderate exercise on a stationary bike or treadmill for 30 minutes three times a week.

*           2nd group did 30 minutes five times a week.

*           3rd & 4th groups did gentle exercises three and five days a week.

*           5th placebo group just stretched a bit. 

After three months, those who exercised the most intensely had the least depression, nearly 50% less than at the beginning of the study.  Folks who exercised gently and the placebo group had about a 30 percent improvement. 

National Health and Medical Research Council website -

1.         appears to contain a litany of medical research results across various fields of illness for Australians to achieve better health.  The merit of "regular exercise" features prominently to -

            (i)         mitigate Obesity/Type 2 Diabetes; and

            (ii)        enable humans to better handle stress by enhancing their Coping Skills. 

2.         presently does not recognise the significant role that regular, rigorous, enjoyable, Challenging outdoor exercise, within a LCCBSG, can play to -

             (i)         effectively dissipate mild depression/anxiety; and

(ii)        assist many adults to better cope with, and progress amidst, a demanding working environment by hardening their resolve which Empower Adults To Better Take Control Of Their Stress Responses. 

NSW Nurses Federation website at "Free Stress Management booklet" provides a 40 page PDF a booklet "Stress Management for Nurses" by authors, Brunero, Cowan, Grochulski & Garvey.  However, the only mention is point 7 "Exercise regularly and eat healthily" of a section titled "10 things every nurse should do".  Ideally a detailed stress management booklet intended to assist tens of thousands of nurses manage stress associated with caring for ill patients would direct nurses to practical, user-friendly, contact details and a 'Health Dept' website listing accredited RECs who could Supervise interested nurses into a RREA which incorporate a communal/LCCBSG.  Otherwise, what is the practical use of "Free Stress Management booklet"? 

Upon reading "Stress Management for Nurses", what practical information would nurses be able to ascribe to the booklet?