The Amazing Healing Powers of Purring Cats
June 18, 2017
Cat owners know how soothing their cat’s purring can be, especially when kitty is curled up on your lap. How many of us have drifted contentedly off to sleep, comforted by that sound?
Why Do Cats Purr?
Curious like a cat to know why purring makes us feel so good, science has probed deep into this mystery. Here are a few things we know about purring:
Mother cats purr as a way of bonding with their newborn babies. The young’uns happily start purring after only a few days, and when mother and kittens purr together, it’s a beautiful harmony of love and belonging.
Purring also helps the short-sighted, new kittens easily find their mother. More importantly, purring signals to the kittens where to find a rich and constant source of nourishment so they can grow big and strong. Purring allows mama cat to easily keep track of her brood. So purring for cats is a survival mechanism, and for humans it’s healing and therapeutic.
Healing Health Benefits of Purring
According to science, a cat’s lifestyle is mostly sedentary so purring helps them with bone, muscle, ligament and tendon repair that they don’t get from exercise. Purring creates a thrumming sound that emits a frequency of vibrations ranging from 20 to 140 Hz, the level at which healing and recovery happen. At this frequency, it creates an anti-inflammatory response in the body in both cats and humans.
Check out some of the other health benefits you may experience from your wonderful feline friend:
THE HEALING POWER OF CATS
- Lowering stress - petting a purring cat calms down your nerves.
- Cat’s purr can decrease the symptoms of dyspnea in both cats and humans.
- Lower blood pressure by interacting with the cat and hearing the purring sound.
- Healing of bones - frequencies of 25 and 50 Hz are the best, and 100 Hz and 200 Hz the second best frequencies for promoting bone strength.
- A recent study shows cat owners have 40% less risk of heart attack.
- Purr vibrations help healing, infection, and swelling.
- Healing of muscles, tendons, and ligament injuries - the vibrations are also helpful for healing soft tissue.
If you didn’t already know how wonderful your cat is, now you know for sure. Purring makes you feel good because it benefits your body on a cellular level. How incredible is that! Creatures great and small add so much to our lives, which is why we love them so much! And that’s purrfectly precious!
By Natalie Secretan
Professional Dog Walker
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