THE HEALING POWER OF CAT PURRS

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Is There Healing Power in a Cat's Purr? | Orthopedics This Week

New research indicates that there is something about cat’s purring that stimulates healing in both the cat and humans too. To understand the hidden power of something as simple as a cat’s purr, here is what recent research has discovered.

 

“cats also purr when they are stressed or severely injured; when they are recovering from an illness or injury; and while giving birth or while they are dying.” (Professor Leslie A. Lyons, Ph.D, Department of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery in the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine)

 

It seems that cats’ purrs, in addition to soothing the people around them, also enable cats to heal themselves.

 

“For the purr to exist in different cat species over time, geographical isolation etc. there would likely have to be something very important (survival mechanism) about the purr. There also would have to be a very good reason for energy expenditure (in this case creation of the purr), when one is physically stressed or ill. The vibration of the cat’s diaphragm, which with the larynx, creates the purr, requires energy. If an animal is injured they would not use this energy unless it was beneficial to their survival. If purring is a healing mechanism, it may just help them to recover faster, and perhaps could even save their life.”

“Because cats have adapted to conserve energy by means of long periods of rest and sleep, it is possible that purring is a low energy mechanism that stimulates muscles and bones without using a lot of energy.”

“Scientists have demonstrated that cats purr during both inhalation and exhalation with a consistent pattern and frequency between 25 and 150 Hertz,”

 

Lyons says that these are frequencies that promote healing. She notes that domestic cats and wild cats alike produce strong frequencies at “exactly 25 Hertz and 50 Hertz. These two low frequencies are associated with the promotion of bone growth and fracture healing.”

 

 “research on frequencies that promote bone growth, fracture healing, pain relief and relief of breathlessness and inflammation, show that frequencies between 20 Hertz and 150 Hertz are healing frequencies. All cat species have purr frequencies between 20 Hertz and 150 Hertz with the exception of the cheetah.” The cheetah purrs at 25, 50, 100, 125 and 150 Hertz. “This corresponds exactly with the best healing frequencies.”

 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180724-the-complicated-truth-about-a-cats-purr

The complicated truth about a cat’s purr

One hypothesis is that the purr is a powerful healing action. It’s thought that the vibrations from the activity are physically rejuvenating – a way for the cat to ‘heal’ itself after stress. The frequency of those vibrations – which range from 20Hz up to 150Hz – is thought to promote bone growth, as bones harden in response to the pressure. Other frequencies may do something similar to tissue.

“Purrs at a frequency of 25-100Hz correspond with established healing frequencies in therapeutic medicine for humans," Weitzman says. "Bone responds to 25-50Hz and skin and soft tissues to around 100Hz according to researchers."

 

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