Show dancing helps heart pati patients ants medical director tells how car diac convalescents thrive on exercise MENTAL EFFECT IS GOOD TOO treatment in force two years with uniformly beneficial results most joyous of play exercises physically and socially stimulant new york dancing as part of this the regular treatment of those convalescing from heart disease was prescribed two years ago by dr frederic bruh brub bru h medical director of the burke foundation the great institution for the care and treatment of convalescent it at white plains to which aich many patients from new york city hospitals hospital und other institutions are sent the re of this treatment as shown liy by its effect upon eliou thousands aulds of patients has been amazing and doubtless will elicit a gasp of astonishment from the uninitiated layman as well as front from the physician of the older school doctor brush says however that there have not been any bad results but on the contrary the exercise has is been of great benefit ben elit modern dancing ball contra and folk tapes Is a valuable bable form of physical exercise in the alie reconstructive convalescent of heart disease lie he declares it affords a high degree of need needed d mental therapy and advances the patient notably toward social restoration exper deriet perleete leiTe re indicates its safety it glies gle an added and readily available le test of the cardiac reserves and of progress the physician tells about ills experience with dancing as a therapeutic agent in hospital social service applied exercises in the connley coni files cent cen t constructs construct lie te and preventive stages of heart disease have varee three main purposes says doctor brish to improve the general condition nutritional muscular and organic increase the cardiac reserve power still and lessen 1 sen the introspective and neurotic tendencies cles gradual reentry re entry into near normal occupational and social ilven Is 19 the end sought it Is of assured advantage ays the physician to have the exercises pleasurably and enjoyed and particularly valuable val vill to hare them simulate or merge into everyday physical and social activities formal gymnastics formal gymnastic tild aid by inspiring courage and burtler furt ler fer exercise in getting hold of the flip ald slacker or neurasthenic ra still serlie fere well in bad weather time but in six years observation ger of some heart conva descents le scent scents says doctor brush no regime lias bas given such all round satisfaction safety and success as did the old farm regime where a total of nearly cardle cardi acs cs toys boys and young men were given essential freedom in play and work over the place under reasonable regulations of rest etc dancing may lie called an inherent activity of all girls of women up to fifty and of most young still and middle aged men the physic physician inn older persons are persistently happy floppy in watching it it Is the most joyous of nil ell play es and both and socially stimulant convalescents with but a moderate degree of cardiac reserve may begin cautiously to lance dance then go on to a considerable indulgence with safety find and benefit he asserts tile the heart patients parly early led the flip way in this women were found to lie ile dancing in their cotta cott pcs agea and boys exhibited various jig stunts etc tile the practice inq as checked che ched then carefully ohm ohl encouraged end and organized and soon to nito or three e formal dances per week were given open to patients of all diagnoses dagn osos and a ages for two seasons past a dancing class for cardi acs under eighteen years year s has been contacted cond acted under In medical edIcal and nurse watchfulness the instruction being given principally by stronger patients of this group class attendance Is compulsory no as soon ns as the lie heart strength Is considered adequate the weaker and more diffident are gradually inducted many litany var cardines cardi dines acs have gnon special fancy dances in entertainments this highly diverN ionni exercise Is not stressed but Is included in the direction to bogin begin to walk coast golf dance etc as soon as ti you feel able resident Ke aident physicians physIc Inns orders are occasionally given for more or less or none of these various oxen alses how patients are affected for six months tile hie dancing Is out of doors doom the spectators too are strongly tiron gly affected for good duvoir uruah asserts one hardly recognizes recon izes these patients patient tit at such functions they show canior jor strength f good posture pains and neur otle depressions have actually disappeared and tire are the less likely to return 1 I can lance dance again Is a valued expression by patients there have been about twenty collapses or partial faints among all the thousands of dancers patients pat lenta cared for about half of these were wera in ili cardi acs and found to be mainly hysterical or some heart bear patients have complained of increased pain etc tile the lay day after but no instance of has followed ell means failure of the heart to increase lu in power powei to oer come disease tile alie pulse rate rises moderately many lany patients express a feeling of benefit from the exercise |