Cardio Drumming
Benefits of cardio drumming include:
- While drumming, residents are moving their awareness to what’s directly in front of them – feelings of anxiety and stress melt away as the focus is taken to staying on beat.
- Promoted relaxation. In one study, blood samples from participants who participated in an hour-long drumming session revealed a reversal in stress hormones.
- Chronic pain alleviation. Drumming can certainly serve as a distraction from pain. and, it promotes the production of endorphins and endogenous opiates, which are the body’s own morphine-like painkillers.
- Improved cognitive function including attention, short term memory and ability to follow cues.
All you need is a surface to drum on (exercise balls), drumsticks and a song with a beat!
