As physiotherapists we ask you to stretch this muscle and strengthen that one for therapeutic effect. But did you know that what are actually doing is encouraging your nervous system to accept new positions and muscle firing patterns?

Yes really! Our hands-on tools as physiotherapists are super effective for pain relief, reducing muscle tension and resolving movement dysfunction… but not in the simplistic way you might have thought.

Ready for the next challenge to your current thinking? Art can have measurably positive effects on your health. Health and art are a great mix! Consider these ideas:

A beautiful song has the power to reduce muscle tension faster than medication.

Viewing a drama may cause you to rewire your thought patterns about past relationships.

Laughing hard at a comedy will release feel-good endorphins and boost your immune system. An effect that will last for days.

Studying a piece of visual art may induce creative solutions to problems at work.

Watching acrobats fly may marginally improve your own flexibility and coordination via mirror neurone learning.

Food for thought.