In surgical procedures, music helps to alleviate pain. It also reduces patients’ anxiety and fear before and after surgery, speeding up their recovery.
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Using a specific music frequency can enhance learning abilities, promote better sleep… (Image: Purdue) |
Recent studies have identified a connection between the frequencies of certain melodies and the electrical activity of brain cells. By using specific music frequencies, we can enhance learning, relax the body, and promote better sleep. Therefore, many musicians suggest that to fully benefit from music, one should not only listen but also allow their entire body to resonate with the melody.
Fabien Maman, a French composer and biologist, has studied the impact of sound on cancer cells. Under the influence of different tones from musical instruments or vocalizations, cancer cells seem unable to withstand the vibrations and burst, particularly in response to high-pitched singing.
Music Therapy
Historical research has consistently shown that music fosters comprehensive development from the womb. Fetuses that are exposed to “music” tend to be healthier than their counterparts. Doctors still recommend that expectant mothers listen to soothing music and share it with their fetuses. Babies who hear lullabies from their mothers during infancy often exhibit higher intelligence and show fewer mental health issues as they grow.
Music also aids relaxation, reduces anxiety and pain, decreases social isolation, enhances concentration and attention, stimulates emotions and cognition. Additionally, music energizes the body, stimulates the brain, awakens emotions, alleviates stress, restores the spirit, motivates action, promotes better sleep, and aids in logical thinking while reducing mental fatigue.
Music therapy is not limited to listening; it also involves participating in activities related to music. Everyone can enjoy the benefits of music as long as they allow their entire body to resonate and synchronize with the melodies.
Today, music therapy is a field in which music is utilized as a means of rehabilitation, maintenance, and enhancement of patients’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Music is considered a creative therapeutic art form, similar to dance therapy and art therapy, and it can also be combined with various therapeutic methods such as meditation, massage, and hypnosis.
For healthy individuals, music serves as a method of relaxation and stress relief. In children and adults with emotional and behavioral disorders, limited learning capabilities, or reduced motor skills, music therapy is often used alongside fundamental therapeutic methods to improve patients’ comfort levels.
In surgical settings, music helps reduce pain, alleviate anxiety and fear, and accelerate recovery. Many women have managed to deliver their babies smoothly while listening to music without the need for anesthesia. Numerous studies indicate that the stimulation from melodies can sometimes overshadow pain stimuli, allowing patients to focus on the music and suppress their pain.
Illness can leave the body fatigued and drained, but listening to uplifting and motivating music can help patients forget their pain and sorrows.
After a stroke, many patients experience loss of motor function and require rehabilitation to regain their abilities. Music plays a crucial role in uplifting patients, gradually encouraging them to move in rhythm with the music while reducing feelings of boredom. Experience shows that many individuals who have lost their ability to speak have regained their vocal skills by humming along with music.
Music therapy is used in various cases: it helps children with disabilities regain physical coordination and muscle dexterity; it assists patients with cognitive decline and behavioral disorders in restoring normal actions.
