{"id":22525,"date":"2019-07-04T21:03:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T21:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=22525"},"modified":"2019-07-04T21:03:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T21:03:38","slug":"use-music-to-control-blood-pressure-treat-heart-related-disorders-stress-and-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=22525","title":{"rendered":"Use Music to Control Blood Pressure, Treat Heart-Related Disorders, Stress and Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=18975&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Music has proven time and again to be an important component of human culture. From its ceremonial origin to modern medical usage for personal motivation, concentration, and shifting mood, music is a powerful balm for the human soul. Though traditional \u201cmusic therapy\u201d encompasses a specific set of practices, the broader use of music as a therapeutic tool can be seen nowadays as doctors are found recommending music for a wide variety of conditions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_smart_list_2 td-2-columns \">\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">1<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Music Helps Control Blood Pressure and Heart-Related Disorders<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to The\u00a0Cardiovascular Society of Great Britain, listening to certain music with a repetitive rhythm for least ten seconds can lead to a decrease in blood pressure and a reduced heart rate. Certain classical compositions, if matched with human body\u2019s rhythm, can be therapeutically used to keep the heart under control. The Oxford University study states, \u201clistening to music with a repeated 10-second rhythm coincided with a fall in blood pressure, reducing the heart rate\u201d and thus can be used for overcoming hypertension.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">2<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Listening and Playing Music Helps Treat Stress and Depression<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to the human brain, music is one of the best medicines. A\u00a0study at McGill University in Canada\u00a0revealed that listening to agreeable music encourages the production of beneficial brain chemicals, specifically the \u201cfeel good\u201d hormone known as dopamine. Dopamine happens to be an integral part of brain\u2019s pleasure-enhancing system. As a result, music leads to great feeling of joy and bliss.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not only listening to music that has a positive effect on stress and depression. The\u00a0Namm Foundation\u00a0has compiled a comprehensive list of benefits of playing music, which includes reducing stress on both the emotional level and the molecular level. Additionally, studies have shown that adults who play music produce higher levels of Human Growth Hormone (HgH), which according to\u00a0Web MD, is a necessary hormone for regulating body composition, body fluids, muscle and bone growth, sugar and fat metabolism, and possibly heart function.<\/p>\n<p>For more on how music can be composed to benefit the brain, read about\u00a0States of Consciousness and Brainwave Entrainment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">3<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Music Therapy Helps Treat Alzheimer\u2019s Disease<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Music therapy has worked wonders on patients suffering from Alzheimer\u2019s disease. With Alzheimer\u2019s, people lose their capacity to have interactions and carry on with interactive communications. According to studies done in partnership with the\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s Foundation of America, \u201cWhen used appropriately, music can shift mood, manage stress-induced agitation, stimulate positive interactions, facilitate cognitive function, and coordinate motor movements.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">4<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Studying Music Boosts Academic Achievement in High Schoolers<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Early exposure to music increases the plasticity of brain helping to motivate the human brain\u2019s capacity in such a way that it responds readily to learning, changing and growing. \u201cUCLA professor James S. Catterall\u00a0analyzed the academic achievement\u00a0of 6,500 low-income students. He found that, by the time these students were in the 10th grade, 41.4% of those who had taken arts courses scored in the top half on standardized tests, contrasted with only 25% of those who had minimal arts experience. The arts students also were better readers and watched less television.\u201d This goes to show that in the formative stages of life, kids who study music do much better in school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">5<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Playing Guitar (and Other Instruments) Aids in Treating PTSD<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs\u00a0shared a study in which veterans experiencing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) experienced relief by learning to play guitar. The organization responsible for providing guitars,\u00a0Guitars For Vets\u00a0\u201cenhances the lives of ailing and injured military Veterans by providing them free guitars and music instruction.\u201d Playing music for recovery from PTSD resembles traditional music therapy, in which patients are encouraged to make music as part of their healing process. Guitar is not the only instrument that can help PTSD. In fact,\u00a0Operation We Are Here\u00a0has an extensive list of Therapeutic Music Opportunities For Military Veterans.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=18975&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">6<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Studying Music Boosts Brain Development in Young Children<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A\u00a0research-based study undertaken at the University of Liverpool\u00a0in the field of neuroscience has light to shed on the beneficial effects of early exposure to music. According to the findings, even half an hour of musical training is sufficient to increase the flow of blood in the brain\u2019s left hemisphere, resulting in higher levels of early childhood development.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Portland Chamber Orchestra\u00a0shares, \u201cPlaying a musical instrument involves multiple components\u00a0of the central (brain and spinal cord) and peripheral (nerves outside the brain and spinal cord) nervous systems.\u00a0 As a musician plays an instrument, motor systems in the brain control both gross and fine movements needed to produce sound.\u00a0 The sound is processed by auditory circuitry, which in turn can adjust signaling by the motor control centers.\u00a0 In addition, sensory information from the fingers, hands and arms is sent to the brain for processing.\u00a0 If the musician is reading music, visual information is sent to the brain for processing and interpreting commands for the motor centers.\u00a0 And of course, the brain processes emotional responses to the music as well!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">7<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Music Education Helps Children Improve Reading Skills<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Journal Psychology of Music\u00a0reports that \u201cChildren exposed to a multi-year program of music tuition involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with their non-musically trained peers<em>.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>In the initial stages of learning and development, music arouses auditory, emotional, cognitive and visual responses in a child. Music also aids a child\u2019s kinesthetic development. According to the research-supported evidence, a song facilitates language learning far more effectively than speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">8<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Listening To Music Helps Improve Sleep<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>According to\u00a0The Center for Cardiovascular Disease in China, listening to music before and during sleep greatly aids people who suffer from chronic sleep disorders. This \u201cmusic-assisted relaxation\u201d can be used to treat both acute and chronic sleep disorders which include everything from stress and anxiety to insomnia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td-item\">\n<h2><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-nr\">9<\/span><span class=\"td-sml2-current-item-title\"><strong>Playing Didgeridoo Helps Treat Sleep Apnea<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A study published in the\u00a0British Medical Journal\u00a0shows that people suffering from sleep apnea can find relief by practicing the Australian wind-instrument known as the\u00a0didgeridoo. Patients who played the didgeridoo for an average of 30-minutes per day, 6 days per week, saw significant increases in their quality of sleep and decreases in daytime tiredness after a minimum period of 3-months of practice.\u00a0Dr. Jordan Stern of\u00a0BlueSleep says, \u201cThe treatment of sleep apnea is quite challenging because there is not a single treatment that works well for every patient. The didgeridoo has been used to treat sleep apnea and it has been shown to be effective in part because of strengthening of the pharyngeal muscles, which means the muscles of the throat, as well as the muscles of the tongue.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>What else is music prescribed for?<\/h4>\n<p>This list is only a small sample of what doctors, therapists and healers are doing with music. We\u2019d love to hear from you. What other thereapeutic uses does music have? Post your answer in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading!(didgeproject.com\/)<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was created in collaboration between Didge Project director\u00a0AJ Block\u00a0and guest author Gracy Liura.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=18975&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music has proven time and again to be an important component of human culture. From its ceremonial origin to modern medical usage for personal motivation, concentration, and shifting mood, music is a powerful balm for the human soul. 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