Music - Nature's Mysterious Medicine
Ever had a bad day that suddenly got better when your favorite song started playing on your car radio?
Have you noticed how singing soft lullabies can soothe a crying, fussy infant and coax them into a deep and peaceful sleep?
Institute for Vibrant Living natural health researchers have uncovered some amazing facts regarding this little-known subject...
According to the National Center for Music Therapy, music and sound therapy can play key roles in achieving and maintaining optimal mental, physical and emotional health. Music therapy is often used in conjunction with other drug-free health boosters like magnetic field therapy, massage and hypnosis.
Research has shown that music has a profound effect upon the body and psyche. (Maybe Elvis was on to something!)
Those who practice music therapy use it to help cancer patients, children with ADD and others. Many hospitals are beginning to use music therapy to help with pain management, help ward off depression, promote movement, calm patients, and ease muscle tension.
Music with a strong beat can stimulate brainwaves to resonate in sync with the beat, with faster beats bringing sharper concentration and more alert thinking and a slower tempo promoting a calm, meditative state.
The change in brain wave activity levels that music can bring can also enable the brain to shift speeds more easily on its own.
Bodily functions change with alterations in the brainwaves. The bodily functions governed by the autonomic nervous system, such as breathing and heart rate can be altered by the changes music can bring. This can mean slower breathing, slower heart rate and an activation of the relaxation response.
Music and music therapy can help counteract or even prevent the potentially serious physical health problems that are caused by chronic stress.
Music can also be used to bring a more positive state of mind, helping to keep depression and anxiety at bay. This can help prevent the stress response from wreaking havoc on the body and can help keep creativity and optimism levels higher. (More Yanni anyone?...)
Music therapy is an interpersonal process in which the therapist uses music and all of its facets (mental, emotional, physical, social, aesthetic and spiritual) to help clients improve their physical and mental health.
In some cases, the clients' needs are addressed directly through music. In others they are addressed through the relationships that develop between the client and the person administering the therapy.
Music therapy has been successfully used with people of all ages to treat a variety of conditions including psychiatric disorders, medical problems, physical handicaps, sensory impairments, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, communication disorders and aging.
As a matter of fact, many stroke victims who cannot put words together to form a coherent sentence - can still communicate beautifully through song!
There is a scientifically valid reason for this.
Patients who are affected by traumatic brain injury, stroke or dementia often respond well to a technique called "reality orientation."
Speech therapists who work with stroke victims work with the patients to develop simple songs that can be used to talk about their needs or what day, month or year it is.
As one therapist said, "The relief in the patient's eyes when he or she realizes that they are finally being heard and understood is a beautiful thing to see. Music is an essential component of communication and communication is at the heart of all that makes us human."
So next time you fire up Elvis (or Yanni) on your car's CD player or home sound system, remember to be thankful we all can enjoy the subtle complexities of this wonderful, mysterious medium...
...It will be music to your ears and your soul!
Music - Nature's Mysterious Medicine
By: David Flores
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