The feeling that we underestimate - interesting facts

The sense of touch we often underestimate, and the skin, being the organ of touch is one of the most important organs.Some statistics:

the total area of skin of an adult is about 2-2,5 square meters, the weight of the skin — about 3 kilograms.





The skin area of 2 square cm contains:

  • more than 3 million cells,
  • from 100 to 300 sweat glands
  • 50 nerve endings,
  • about 1 meter of blood vessels.
The research showed:
  • if people take lightly by the wrist, then it will slow down the heart rate and lower blood pressure
  • in children and adolescents, hospitalized for mental disorders, significantly reduced excitability and there were positive changes in the perception of reality, if it daily for a short time gently RUB his back,
  • blockage of the arteries in rabbits receiving cholesterol-rich foods if they are regularly gently caress, is observed in 60% of cases less than in rabbits receiving the same food, but deprived of affection,
  • rats, which during the first 3 weeks of life were daily holding for 15 minutes, the degeneration of brain cells and memory impairment caused by aging, were expressed to a much lesser extent than rats, which in hands did not take,
  • 40 premature infants were divided into two equal groups. In the same group of children every day gently stroked for 45 minutes, and the other not. After 10 days children in the first group weighed 47% more than the second, although they both received the same amount of calories.
 

INTERESTING FACTS:
  • Tactile sense appears in people first, in relation to the other main types of senses, and fades away last.
  • Massage helps in almost all cases, when medications help, and even in many when medications do not help.
  • One hour massage equates to 7 — 8 hours of sleep on the power of restorative effects on the human body.
  • Most often, the therapists seek to relieve pain (50%), make a relaxing massage (27%), eliminate stiffness in the joints and spasm (13%), relieve stress (10%).
  • In 62% of cases the massage therapists seek the recommendation of a friend or family member who is a massage conducted massage courses. So, the best advertisement for a massage therapist is his quality of work.
  • For help to therapists often turn to women.
  • The Russians believe that the sexiest profession is a stripper, flight attendant and model, and among the men — fitness trainer, stripper, and MASSEUR! published
 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

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