Dance Therapy In Rehabilitation

15% of the people in this world are either born or develop a mental or physical disability (Brown). With all of the disabled people in this world, there should be a cure by now. Over the years physical therapists have gained a larger understanding and knowledge of dance therapy and how this source of therapy can do for both the body and brain (Charlier). Dance has been used in rehabilitation centers and mental hospitals to help cope and overcome obstacles. In rehabilitation centers each patient goes through the process of understanding what they need to do and how to get to the goal that is set. There are different types of lessons and movement to get something out of this new goal they have set. Each patient creates a personal goal through …show more content…
Different exercises are used for different parts of the body and brain. With dance therapy being an option for recovery, this therapy has been proven to help with stress, anxiety, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and physical and mental illnesses. Also dance therapy allows physical movement for the ones who have been challenged with a disability that has set them back behind the rest. People with stress or anxiety disorder understand how seriously big of a struggle, anxiety may be in the body. People with a mental or physical disorder understand how bad things could get with a disability. For the people who go through both a mental or physical disorder along with stress and or anxiety have a very high tolerance. Due to the high standards that are held over today's society the stress level is tremendously high. People who live with a mental or physical disability have even more stressors in their life. In order to overcome and cope with the amount of stress in the world, physical activity, such as the art of dance, is used as a therapeutic …show more content…
Having an “outlet” to express emotion can really be the line between depression and understanding. If the stress is not controlled it leads to anxiety and if the anxiety is not controlled it is the cause of depression. Dance therapy is to help these stages reflect off and not be as affecting to society. Sometimes just being able to express the emotions being held in without being “wrong” for it can be the line between good and bad decisions. “ Utilizing art for stress relief on a more individual level” (Sherman). Healing on a personal level is what is needed for society by expressing emotion through movement and passion. Through dance there is always a specific role and or character that the choreographer wants to see being incorporated but still needed to see the personal emotion brought through the expression of the moves. To motivate children with disabilities physical movement such as dance therapy helps create a open world with both the children and the adults (Dieringer). Dance therapy opens the eyes of both mentally and physically disabled people giving a different way of expressing their emotions. “ Giving outlet to feelings thoughts and imagination often leads to free association” (Krantz). Dance is used to let go and overcome stress. “Most importantly, it promotes all kinds of changes in the brain, including neuronal growth,