In the past few years,well more or less since I stared drumming I have found I don't get sick really at all.Colds,fever,even migranes have kinda went away.Now maybe i'm crazy but I think by making my body work and drumming for like an hour when i start to have a cold helps my body kick into gear and beat the cold.I recall about 4 years ago I was coming down with a flu but I spent everyday of that week drumming all day and I mean all day and I never felt better.Does this sound crazy or is there some bvearing to all this??

You know, BVSC, I have found that alot of practice causes severe drowsiness and headaches the next morning.  hehe  But that's probably been covered under the "Playing under the influence" threads...  

what a trip -- that happened to me, too.

i do believe it's true. the combination of feel-good endorphins, and doing something you really like has to be a positive thing for our immune system. i suspect that it does have to be an enjoyable experience to work, though. like, if someone didn't enjoy drumming, they'd still feel lousy.

it's got to boost our immune system -- maybe that's why a lot of drummers stay so young looking!

Touche', BVCS, touche'

And here's yet another hard-to-believe example.

Either early yesterday or very late the night before or during the night, I appear to have pulled a muscle in my mid-back (left side).  Very painful.  By yesterday afternoon, I could barely stand up straight.  Lying down, I  could hardly move in any direction without pain.  Even sitting up was painful.  Finally, after a nap, last evening I just couldn't stop myself from sitting down at my kit and picking up the sticks.  I found that the pain instantly disappeared, and I was able to play.  Leaving the kit, I was hurting again, but not as badly.  

This morning, it was a really painful struggle to stand up straight and walk across the room.  Again, once I began playing, and the pain was gone.   I had to go out and run some errands.  By the time I got home, I was hurting again, though not as badly as the day before.  And, again, playing (and playing HARD, might I add) seems to have relieved my suffering even further.  And walking upright is now possible with only minor discomfort.  

Sitting here at the keyboard, I notice that any attempt to lean back (without the back of the chair supporting me) or a twisting motion to either side brings a sharp pain where the affected muscle is.  Not as bad as yesterday's, but it's still there nevertheless.  Yet the same motions at the drumkit half an hour ago evoked no such discomfort that I can recall.  

I'm serious.  And I would not believe it myself if I were not experiencing it.  It's another example of the wonderful and wonderous curative powers of percussion.  

So do I, actually.  Even more than either you or MLR.    

I'd have trouble walkin' around with a piccolo snare around my neck ... LOL.  

I just didn't want LT500 to think I was some young punk makin' fun of drummers over 40, since I'm really older than both of you guys ... but don't tell anyone, OK???