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What Are the Benefits of Music in Relaxation?

Hospitals to massage clinics employ music for relaxation. Psychoacoustic experts, neurologists and other medical professionals work with musical tone, vibration and tempo in relaxing patients with physical and emotional conditions.

  1. Benefits

    • In an an article at ScienceDaily.com, Marion Good, an assistant professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, wrote: "Relaxation and music are known to decrease anxiety, reduce muscle tension and distract patients' attention from pain."

    Techniques

    • According to psychoacoustic expert Joshua Leeds, the use of simple classical music at 80 beats per minute, employing low tones, relaxes humans and dogs.

    Significance

    • Music-induced relaxation speeds up post-operative recovery, boosts immunity and improves other health functions by relieving stress.

    History

    • According to author Jonathan Goldman, ancient schools used sounds in the healing process "for tens of thousands of years."

    Expert Insight

    • Today's experts, including Joshua Leeds and Marjorie de Muynck, employ simple, non-invasive acoustic or classical music for inducing relaxation.

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