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Katy Cooper's Blog
Country: United Kingdom
Organisation: C3 Collaborating for Health
Blog link: http://www.3four50.com/blog/katycooper
Get healthy? Get singing!
30th Aug 2007
Not content with just the one job in chronic disease prevention, I also have a respectable second career as a professional choral singer. I have been singing regularly since I was seven – it’s relaxing, sociable and thoroughly enjoyable. And now I read that it can have positive health benefits, too... This didn't really come as a surprise to me – after all, singing is fantastic for breath control and fitness, not to mention restoring mental equilibrium after a hard day at work – but it is good to see that research is being done into its health effects. The Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health in Canterbury is trumpeting the link of singing to health and wellbeing, particularly for children and older people, and for those who might otherwise be socially excluded.
Following the lead of ‘exercise on prescription’, ‘The Centre is committed to providing a convincing rationale for “Singing on Prescription”, and developing a practical scheme that can be tested for its effectiveness through controlled evaluation.’
What a fantastic health-promotion idea!
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