Study finds wearing tefillin has heart benefits
From the article:
Rubinstein goes on to suggest the possibility of creating a tefillin-like device as a stand-in for people who don't put on tefillin.
Tefillin are the black boxes Jews put on their arms and heads during morning prayers. Sometimes known as phylacteries in English.
(pic taken from here)
I have to say, the idea of studying this sounds very original to me. I assume Dr. Rubinstein is a religious Jew. It sounds like the sort of idea that would pop into a Jew's head during prayer.
I also find the results interesting given that the focus here is on the arm tefillin, because these tefillin have been traditionally symbolically linked to the heart, because they are opposite it.
From the article:
"“[Tefillin] is placed on the non-dominant arm around the bicep and the forearm in a fairly tight manner. It is never worn in a fashion as to occlude the blood flow,” said Dr. Jack Rubinstein of the Division of Cardiovascular Health in the UC College of Medicine. “This is traditionally worn for about 30 minutes continuously during prayers which involve sitting and standing resulting in occasional retightening of the strap around your arm.”
According to Rubinstein, the binding of the arm may serve as “preconditioning” and offer a significant degree of protection against the damage that takes place when someone has an acute ischemia (sudden loss of blood flow) or after the supply of blood is restored to an organ after an ischemic event known as a reperfusion."
Rubinstein goes on to suggest the possibility of creating a tefillin-like device as a stand-in for people who don't put on tefillin.
Tefillin are the black boxes Jews put on their arms and heads during morning prayers. Sometimes known as phylacteries in English.
(pic taken from here)
I have to say, the idea of studying this sounds very original to me. I assume Dr. Rubinstein is a religious Jew. It sounds like the sort of idea that would pop into a Jew's head during prayer.
I also find the results interesting given that the focus here is on the arm tefillin, because these tefillin have been traditionally symbolically linked to the heart, because they are opposite it.
