Music influences the respiratory rate, blood pressure, stomach contractions and hormone levels. The heart rate speeds up or slows down so that is synchronized with music rhythms. We also know that music can alter the electrical rhythms of the brain.
If you close your eyes for a minute and listen to the world around listening horns, hammers, raindrops, children laughing, a symphony orchestra, and so on. Music therapy holds that what one hears may affect health positively or negatively. Sound can be a great healer.
Music therapists use sound to help with a wide variety of medical problems ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to the toothache. Medical doctors know about the power of sound. The researchers have produced evidence of the ability of music to reduce pain, improve memory and reduce stress.
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