Just clap your hands a few seconds a day for health


  • Two Fit
  • Friday, 26 Jan 2024

There is an art to therapeutic clapping, which involves placing your palms together, spreading the fingers out and clapping just hard enough to get an audible sound, while keeping the rhythm steady. — Photos: REVATHI MURUGAPPAN

If you’re an early riser, you would have seen exercise groups clapping their hands in front and at the back of their bodies as they go about their daily walks in the park.

Often, I’ve heard a cacophony of claps while hiking in the neighbourhood forest, and always assumed this was to make someone’s presence felt and chase away “predators” such as iguanas, birds and monkeys.

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