The Power of the Purr
The sound of a cat purring rates highly on the list of the most favourite sounds. The gentle, hypnotic sound of a cat purring when they are happy or content may actually be more than just pleasing to the ear.
Little is known as to how and why a cat purrs but current research suggests that a cats purring is their own inbuilt ‘natural healing mechanism’. The purring is believed to act upon muscle and bone to regenerate damaged areas.
MSN News writes:
“Exposure to vibrations between ranges of 20 to 140 Hertz (number of cycles per second) is helpful for bone growth, fracture healing, pain relief, swelling reduction, wound healing, muscle growth, mobility of joints and repair of tendons and ligaments.”
Your feline friend’s purr falls well within this range and is the same frequency as is needed to produce a therapeutic effect on a human. This then corroborates the link between healing and purring however the frequency is only one element of the equation. Cat’s normally stop purring after 15 minutes at any one go, and its believed that more than 15 minutes at the correct frequency is required to generate healing of bone and tissue.
However as cat’s purr normally when in a state of relaxation perhaps this association triggers a response in humans to relax and wind down.
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