Is Your Cat’s Purring A SuperNatural Healing Sound Vibration? Huh?

Those of you who have had feline roommates know that cats only do a few things, and those things usually aren’t for your benefit.  Sometimes they bring you grisly surprises – some poor mouse’s delicately furred pants, or a rat sized squirrel mask – but they are never the type of surprises that can be put to good use.  Well, all of that is about to change.  Now, you can view your cat as a great investment, sure to eventually earn back his worth in benefits to your health.

What am I talking about?  The cat’s purr.  Once an enigma, the purr is now thought to be a natural healing mechanism that is probably responsible for the many tales surrounding the cat’s amazing ability to survive.

Research into the purpose of the purr was driven by the idea that, given the fact that cats purr even when in pain and near death, the purr cannot be explained away as a simple expression of contentment.  All cats purr, and the theory is that they wouldn’t expend energy purring in a weakened or pained state if it didn’t in some way increase their likelihood of survival.

Stories about cats’ ability to mend bones and documentation of their quick healing after surgeries and other types of injuries (like falling from high rises) give credence to the idea that the felids must have some extraordinary healing mechanism that other animals do not.  But wait, there’s more.  Like some kind of a real life, magic-healing video game sidekick, your cat may be able to heal you as well.

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Through a series of studies researchers have found that “vibrations between 20-140 Hz are therapeutic for bone growth/fracture healing, pain relief/swelling reduction, wound healing, muscle growth and repair/tendon repair, mobility of joints and the relief of dyspnea.”  In its paper entitled The Felid Purr: A Bio-Mechanical Healing Mechanism (from which the foregoing quote was taken), Fauna Communications summarized its research recording and analyzing the purrs of forty seven members of the cat family.  They determined that all of the cats they sampled purred at a dominant frequency well within the theraputic range, and specifically within the ranges known to treat the aforementioned afflictions.

Although there is as yet no proof that the feline purr is a healing mechanism, many believe that there is more than enough evidence to support the conclusion that the healing benefits of purr exposure affects not only cats but also other living things within the range of their vibrations.  After all, what cat owner has not experienced even the unfriendliest cats’ pushy affection when his person is sick, injured, or sad?  My cat takes my slightest discomfort as an opportunity to bully his way into the crook of my arm and hunker down for a long, heavy purr.  I am fortunate enough to have one full-coverage cat, but if you can’t find one like mine you can always invest in several smaller ones to get the job done.

So, next time your cat attempts to trip you going down the stairs or tries to steal your chicken wing, remember what an amazing, important investment he is and think of how much his therapy would cost if you could purchase it in pill form.

Sources:

www.vetinfo.com

http://animalvoice.com/home.htm