For Dr Crick, it is in laughter's ability to relax us that
its healing power lies
After a good laugh, our muscles relax,
our mind stops focusing on pain or negative thoughts, and endorphins start to flow our brains.
It puts the body in situation where it can begin to heal itself.
When we are healthy can achieve this state through physical exercise, social contact, and so on things that are more difficult when you are in hospital.
Laughter, in the same way as music,can bring relaxation into the wards
While many are doubtful about the scientific basis of laughter therapy,
it would be impossible for even the most extreme sceptic to watch these twelve patients in Leeds laugh until tears run down their faces without thinking,
'This is doing them good