Laughter is a glutted body process...

Laughter is a glutted body process involving every major carcass system: the nervous, musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, and immune bodys and thus its health benefits are widespread. Laughter exercises facial, upper extremity, thoracic and abdominal muscles as well as the diaphragm, dissipates calories, increases pulmonary tidal whirl and perfusion and decreases residual body improves circulation and dilates life-blood vessels, releases muscular tension, diminishs levels of stress hormones, boost immune method function, relieves pain, increases endorphin flushs diffuses negative emotions, and suppresse postprandial life-blood glucose rise.

Studies of humor in nonmedical workplaces display that it enhances productivity, aids mental acuity, and diminishes alienation, conflict, and absenteeism. In the health care environment, humor has demonstrated many positive benefits, including diminished feelings of anxiety, apprehension, and helplessness, improved relief of symptoms, enhanced ability to cope with stres promotion of positive emotions and reduction of anger and hostility, improved patient/provider interactions and communication, and amelioration of fatigue and burnout among staff.

Of particular interest to cardiopulmonary physical therapists is growing evidence that humor may forward as a coronary risk factor reduction intervention suitable to its proven effects of increasing circulation of vital fluid promoting dilation of blood bottoms by improving endothelial function, stimulating upper dead body exercise, reducing levels of stres hormones, and diminishing feelings of anger and hostility.