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“Good Health Is a Laughing Matter” |
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• ACT NOW: SET THE STAGE TO REDUCE STRESS
Are you stressed out? Is your “chemistry off?” If so, change your chemistry. It can be altered if you master some of the techniques used by method actors to get into the “chemistry” of being “UP,” the chemistry of being “ON!” My physician colleagues recognize that people who positively script, stage, costume, direct, and ACT healthy, happy, and stress free change their chemistry. This resulting positive “Head” chemistry is a treatment in itself, or it complements and enhances conventionally prescribed medications. Drawing from the tradition of the theater, we can create a new paradigm for stress reduction and success. This paradigm is based on the idea that we become what we do. In other words, we can become healthier and more successful by consciously modeling (acting like) healthy, successful people. In addition, staging, scripting, costuming and acting the part of a successful, relaxed and healthy person can stimulate our bodies to produce neuropeptides such as endorphins and other chemicals that bolster the immune system and promote well being. • LAUGHING YOURSELF HEALTHY A belly-busting laugh a day can help keep the doctor away, says good-humor advocate Dr. Dale Anderson. Dr. Dale Anderson preaches the benefits of releasing endorphins, the natural painkillers that exist in the body. Laughter, jaunty exercise or anything that raises the spirits also releases endorphins. Endorphins are the morphine-like chemicals that are made “in the head”—often called the “inner uppers” that get you “high” on life. “We have a pharmacy in our heads, and it never closes,” Anderson says. “Laugh until you leak,” he tells attendees. “And if you can’t do it, fake it. Fake it ‘til you make it.’ Discover when, how, where, and why “laughter works.” |
EDUCATION
- M.D., University of Minnesota - Board Certified General Surgeon, Mayo Clinic - Board Certified Emergency Physician PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES - Associate Director of Clinical Research for Pharmaceutical Companies - Medical Director of three Minneapolis/St.Paul Emergency Departments - Chairman, Hennepin County Emergency Medical Services Committee, Minnesota - Started the Urgent Care Department and Biomechanic Clinic of the Orthopedic Department at Park Nicollet Clinic—HealthSystems Minnesota PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS - American Medical Association - Minnesota Medical Association - Ramsey County Medical Society - American College of Surgeons - American Association of Therapeutic Humor - Physicians in Public Broadcast Assoc. - National Speakers Association - Past President, Minnesota Speakers Association - Coordinator, ACT NOW Project, Minnesota AUTHOR - J’ARM For the Health of It—How to Conduct Yourself Well - Muscle Pain Relief in 90 Seconds—The FOLD and HOLD Method - ACT NOW |
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