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Publications that matched query:: [Abstract = %22Among mediaeval theologians%2C in the dualistic perception of man%2C soul development was the most important thing. However%2C the intellectual elite of those times included representatives of university medicine who took a look at the needs of a depreciated human body. Their thoughts were dominated by ideas of Arab doctors who were referred to as auctoritas. Thomas of Wroc%C5%82aw %281297%E2%80%931378%29%2C a doctor%2C the author of a treaty entitled Regimensanitatis persuaded his readers that a diet is not only food and drink%2C but also physical movement%2C what should be understood today as a lifestyle. He described movement as exercitium%2C that is exercise which is beneficial for healthy people. The sick should make use of limited exercise%2C which should be understood as exercise tailored to individual needs. This modern thought%2C revolutionary for those times%2C nowadays constitutes the basis of medical rehabilitation. Primus exercitium also includes body rubbing to open its pores and head combing. Today%2C we would call these treatments peeling and massage. Recommending them in the mediaeval times shows the author%E2%80%99s awareness of the importance of skin condition for human health. According to Thomas%2C moderate physical activities %E2%80%93 a walk or horse riding %E2%80%93 are also necessary. He called them exercitium secundum. The message of Thomas of Wroc%C5%82aw is the next proof for the complexity of the period as it demonstrates that regardless of contemporary opinions about physical exercise disregard in the Middle Ages%2C maintaining physical fitness was recommended.%22]