Dance Therapy For Spinal Injury

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Dance your heart out to get rid of the terrible spinal injury!

Surprised? Well, if we are to believe the recent medical report published by the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC), dance therapy is used to cure patients who are suffering from spinal injury. If we look at the global figures, estimated 20,000 spinal operations are carried out in the UK each year, than any other type of operations. The same figure probably applies for operations in the USA. However, even the most successful operation could not promise a complete recovery from back pain. In 10-20% of cases the bone graft fails to unite completely leaving a permanent pseudoarthrosis.

Deepti Aggarwal, head of the lifestyle management department of the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre said, “The benefits of dance therapy – both psychologically and physically has been identified since long. But it is for the first time that it has been introduced in a healthcare centre under strict medical supervision. Needless to say the results have been amazing,” The dance not only did strengthen the muscles but also boosts the morale as well as enhances the patient mood. In case of spinal injury, a person lacks in physical and metal balance, asking to dance in such a situation might seems insensitive. Nevertheless, for such patients doctors have planned to promote wheelchair dance. This may act as a physiotherapy session resulting in gaining increased body movement and confidence level of the patient.

Generally there are two kinds of spinal injuries – paraplegia, affecting lower limbs whereas quadriplegia paralyzes the upper as well as lower limbs of a person. As a first step, the patient learns to propel his wheelchair and move their bodies rhythmically. When synchronized with music, one tends to feel less pain. Dance therapy has better healing affect on you for number of good reasons. It has been reported that things with exercising and physiotherapy sessions tends to become irksome after sometime but music with potentially high level of physical activities helps in boosting the confidence level as well as prolonged body movements.

The dance therapy is followed by other holistic therapies like aromatherapy, yoga, meditation and reflexology etc. undoubtedly this new discovery of doctors are showing excellent improvement among the people who suffers from spinal problems. Inspired by the success, the authorities are planning to introduce the therapy for people with common ailments such as backache soon. Not only in India but doctors from other countries too showing their interest in the dance therapy, reports show that considerable number of professionals who suffers from spinal or backbone related problem are considering this treatment above any other direct medication. Great news isn’t it!