A prescription for joy? Yes, it really can improve your health.
Wound healing specialist Jillian Simon, APRN, FNP-BC, CWON prescribes joy for patients who are healing from challenging wounds.
“When you do something you enjoy, it spurs your body to make endorphins – feel-good chemicals produced naturally by the nervous system to cope with pain or stress. Endorphins improve your body’s ability to heal wounds.”
“Joy also decreases cortisol in your nervous system. That helps reduce inflammation,” Jillian adds.
Our Wound Healing Center team creates a personalized wound treatment program for each patient using a range of specialized treatments, including hyperbaric oxygen therapy, debridement, topical wound therapy, growth-factor therapy, tissue therapy, specialized dressings . . . and joy.
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