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Recovering Quicker
According to a Wall Street Journal Report, scientists are
beginning to understand that working in your garden, or hiking through the woods
can be emotionally and physically beneficial. Studies have shown that
psychological and environmental factors can affect a person's physiology and
health. One study found that people when exposed to nature recovered from
stress faster than people who were not exposed, and the positive effects began
to happen within a few minutes. People in hospital rooms with windows looking
out at a landscaped view were able to recover more rapidly from surgery.
Blood pressure and pulse rates can also be reduced quickly by viewing a garden
or nature scene.
Horticultural therapy is beginning to
gain validity due to
the latest research and findings. Practitioners claim gardening can have a
positive impact on mental-health as it gives a person a sense of control and a
psychological counter to stress and anxiety. Gardening also offers a distraction
which helps take ones' s mind off problems and as a result pain and depression
are reduced.
Many in the health-care industry seem to agree with the
findings in this report and health-care facilities are starting to take note.
They are beginning to offer Horticultural Therapy as a professional treatment.
They realize that the effects are felt not only by patients; with reduced stress
levels and healing times, but also by employees, who feel more motivated and
less stressful as well. Happier patients means more business and happier
employees means better care is being provided, which also results in more
business. This not only helps when it comes to patients healing faster, it also
improves the bottom line of the Health-care facility.
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