Health Benefits
Studies have shown that knitting, along with other forms of needlework, provide several significant health benefits. These studies have found the rhythmic and repetitive action of knitting can “help prevent and manage stress, pain and depression, which in turn strengthens the body’s immune system”,Walsh, C., http://www.prlog.org/10179509-knitting-and-crochet-offer-long-term-health-benefits.html as well as create a relaxation response in the body which can decrease blood pressure, heart rate, help prevent illness, and have a calming effect Pain specialists have also found that the brain chemistry is changed when we knit and the result is an increase in our feel good hormones (i.e. serotonin and dopamine) and a decrease in stress hormones.
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