“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
Berthold Auerbach
The sound of music has filled the world since primitive times. In more modern times, the invention digital music, iTunes & AirPods have given new life to the industry, but there may be deeper reasons why the beat goes on. Music can positively impact both your life and your health. Listening to music can lower heart rate & blood pressure, reduce anxiety & muscle tension and even reduce pain! Consider the following beneficial effects of music:
Individuals undergoing surgery or dental procedures are calmed and the surgeon is even more focused.
Childbirth becomes less uncomfortable and hypertension, depression, and anxiety as well as other medical conditions are improved.
Post-surgery rehabilitation programs and exercise routines for individuals with chronic lung diseases are both enhanced.
Mozart and other forms of classical music are believed to improve brain function and IQ in infants.
No one is exactly sure how music creates magic with the human body, but there are many medical conferences devoted to this very topic. With new technology like PET Scans, which have the ability to actually monitor brain function, we may be closer to unlocking the secrets of music’s undeniable power. In the late 1600’s Congreave wrote “music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften rocks, or to bend a knotted oak.” Let it work for you.
FitTip
Put music into your life at least once a day. Turn off talk radio during the hectic drive time or the nightly news, or break your sounds of silence and choose any music from Amadeus to Zepplen. Classical, rock and rap — it all works. Be soothed.
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