Psychological And Physical Health Benefits Of Listening To Music

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Psychological And Physical Health Benefits Of
Listening To Music

• -Manipal Hospital

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• Music is the essence of life. Music is a
  universal language that everyone understands.
  Music is a piece of art that goes straight away
  to the heart and touches the soul. Almost
  everyone has a habit of plugging their headphones
  and listen to the music while driving, jogging,
  walking, running etc.

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Effects of Music on Health Pain Management

• Does music really help to elevate the
  psychological and physical health? Yes, the
  following are the reasons that will prove that
  the listening to the melody would be beneficial
• Listening to the music may help in pain relief.
  It has a positive effect on pain management and
  also helps to alleviate both chronic pain and
  post-operative pain. However, according to the
  U.K based Journal of Advanced Nursing, people who
  listen to music report less pain related to
  osteoarthritis, the disc problem, and rheumatoid
  arthritis. These people have reduced pain up to
  21 and reduced depression rates upto 25.

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Cognitive function, Exercise Therapeutic
effects

• Listening to the music also enhance the person's
  intelligence, IQ and learning ability. Research
  studies have shown that music has the power to
  enhance the reading and literacy skills,
  emotional intelligence, helps to recall the
  autobiographical and episodic information.
• Music may help to motivate people to bike harder
  as the study has shown that listening to the fast
  music while riding the stationary bicycle helps
  the person to bike harder. Rhythms of the music
  have an ability to move our body parts and even
  help to reduce the muscle tension.
• Listening to the melody may also help to lower
  the blood pressure. Listening to peaceful music
  may help the person to lower the stress level
  before the surgery in patients who are undergoing
  cardiovascular surgery as they await their
  operation. Studies have shown that music could
  help the person to relax, calm down and reduce
  the stress levels.

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• Listening to the melody may help the cancer
  patients to communicate their feelings, manage
  the stress levels and improve physical pain and
  discomfort after the treatment. Listening to
  cheerful music may help to ease the negative
  emotions and even divert the mind. Listening to
  the melody may help to reduce the symptoms of
  depression.
• People who are suffering from insomnia could try
  listening to relaxing music. Just before the
  bedtime, listening to the relaxing music can
  provide a restful sleep at night. Studies have
  proven that listening to e slow music would help
  to reduce the stress level and aid relaxation.
• So if you havent started, try listening to music
  of your choice. No matter what kind of music you
  listen, but it may always be helpful to you. We
  cant touch the music but it may touch your soul.
  Music is everywhere each sound that we hear
  leaves a memory and the melody tells the whole
  story of life. Music is the string that energizes
  the mood and makes you feel happy at the end of
  the day.