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endorphins have a chemical composition similar to that of a little drug commonly known to us as Morphine, they also have similar pain killing properties within them to Morphine, and they can be very important to the health of those who live with chronic illness.

There is no question as to their beneficial effect on the body. The question now is; how do we release them on demand? Finding a means of releasing their power is an area of research that is recieving a great deal of study as of late. One event that has the medical world taking note is a strange occurance at Senior Centers. Most Senior Centers host regular events to keep the spirits and health of seniors in as tip top condition as possible but at one of these events this is working beyond anyone's preplanned expectations.

People who suffer from Parkinson's disease are actually having the symptoms of their illness disappear when they are up on the dance floor dancing! The medical communities are intrigued and want to know why? Although the reasoning as to why these temporary remissions occur is not yet known, it is believed that the dancer releases a flood of endorphins into his/her body whenever he or she dances, and it is this flood of endorphins that is the reason for this temporary cure. It is believed that these endorphins are they key factor in our body's ability to heal itself.

Dancing is capable of a tremendous release of these endorphins because it is both exercise and a pleasurable activity. If the effect of endorphins is really powerful enough to cause the symptoms of Parkinsons to disappear when a person is just up dancing, then perhaps attempting to keep a steady flow of them occuring in the body for as long a time period as is possible, might in effect bring about a respite from illness long enough to thereby create a more permanent remission period for the sufferer? Perhaps the long term release of endorphins into an unhealthy body may give the body the break that it needs to heal itself, or to in effect, create a self induced long term remission for that sufferer?

There are a number of ways that these endorphins can be released and it is only a matter of finding a means of creating a regular influx of them into the body that is needed. Relieving the body of the external physical and emotional pressures that it is battered by is the first step.

Massage therapy, yoga, an enjoyable exercise program, dancing, laughter, meditation or pray, any of these on a regular basis would serve to relax the body and release the healing power of endorphins into it. It would in effect, give the body the much needed break from the physical and emotional stressors that are harming it, so it would have the power to rejevenate and heal itself.

We all have that power within ourselves. We just have to learn how to apply it.

Sources:

http://yourtotalhealth.ivillag e.com/diet-fitness/endorphins- 101-your-guide-natural-euphori a.html

http://www.goaskalice.columbia .edu/0483.html

http://www.encyclopedia.com/do c/1E1-endorphi.html

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