It's been a while, as I was finishing up Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) classes. I've been sitting on some of these posts, which are essentially projects that I did while going through the PTA program.
This post (which is basically a bunch of bullet points) focuses on the positive effects music can have on you and your cognition, among other things.
Music has a few qualities that make it unique that you may not know about. Many people believe music is an art, or for entertainment, or even a pastime. While all of these are true, music is also a medicine. It is one of the few activities you can partake in that utilizes your entire brain. It affects the areas of the brain that allow you to improve your memory, enhances your ability to focus, increased your coordination and development. Music can negatively affect you, as well. If it is too loud, it can become a distraction (to you and others), not to mention the detrimental effects on your hearing.
Pain Relief:
- Music can help reduce both the sensation and distress of both chronic pain and postoperative pain.
- Listening to music can reduce chronic pain from a range of painful conditions, including osteoarthritis, disc problems and rheumatoid arthritis, by up to 21% and depression by up to 25%.
- Music therapy is increasingly used in hospitals to reduce the need for medication during childbirth, to decrease postoperative pain and complement the use of anesthesia during surgery.
- Music produces revulsive effect.
- Music can slow heartbeat/breathing
- Music can reduce blood pressure
- Music can give patient's a sense of control if allowed to choose
Stroke Recovery:
- Pop, Classical, or Jazz can speed stroke recovery and behavior
- Classical music improves visual attention in patients with unilateral neglect
- Finland study shows that listening to music for just 2 hours each day can improve verbal memory and attention span
Other bullet points from my presentation:
- Aids in chronic headache and migraine recovery (intensity, frequency, duration)
- Listening or singing to music can reduce levels of cortisol (stress hormone), which also boosts immune function
- “Mozart K 448” reduced the seizure recurrence and epilepsy in children
- Childbirth (pain, postpartum depression, postnatal anxiety)
- Music may play an important role in developing, maintaining and restoring physical functioning in the rehabilitation of persons with movement disorders (decrease muscle tension)
- Music can make exercise feel more like recreation and less like work (running, exercising)
- Reduces feeling of fatigue
- Improves motor coordination
- Physiological relaxation
- Easy listening music or relaxing classics improves the duration and intensity of concentration in all age groups and ability levels
- “Mozart Effect”
- Memory improvement
- Possible cognitive improvement
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