Music has been clinically proven
to:
1) PROVIDE A POSITIVE DIVERSION FROM NEGATIVE
EMOTIONS – NOT COMPATABLE WITH WORRY
2) ALLOW THE MIND AND BODY TO RELAX AND
ACT AS A NON-ANALGESIC SLEEP AID (with
no side effects)
3) INCREASE THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF MEDICATIONS
4) DECREASE THE PERCEPTION OF PHYSICAL
AND EMOTIONAL PAIN
6) DECREASE STRESS LEVELS (increasing
endorphin levels (our body's natural opiates)
7) BOOST OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM – AFTER
A 30 MIN MUSIC EXPERIENCE ENZYMES IN OUR
SALIVA, THAT AID IN DIGESTION (thus boosting
our immune system), ARE PRODUCED, NAMELY
IMMUNOGLOBULIN A (IgA); ALSO PRODUCED,
INTERLEUKIN 1 WHICH IS A PROTEIN THAT
ALSO AIDS IN BOOSTED IMMUNE RESPONSE
8) AID IN TISSUE REGENERATION (repair)
9) AID IN SURGERY SETTINGS BY: DECREASING
THE AMOUNT OF ANESTHESIA NEEDED; DECREASING
BLEEDING AND SPEEDING UP RECOVERY TIME
10) PROVIDE REALITY ORIENTATION AND OFFER
A POSITIVE DIVERSION FOR THOSE
EXPERIENCING HALLUCINATIONS OR DELUSIONS
11) BE AN EFFECTIVE “HELPER”
DURING EXERCISE/FITNESS TIMES BY ACTING
AS A
MOTIVATOR, POSITIVE DIVERSION FROM EXERTION,
PACE SETTER, ETC.
12) REDUCE THE CONDITIONED SIDE EFFECTS
OF CHEMOTHERAPY, i.e., NAUSEA
AND VOMITING
13) ACT AS AN EMOTIONAL STIMULUS, ELICITING
INSTANT FEELINGS AND
EMOTIONS (primary cognitive experience)
14) INCREASE COGNITIVE (brain) AND PHYSICAL
ENERGY AND DECREASE FATIGUE
***The above mentioned benefits of music
are more readily attainable when
we utilize music in a purposeful manner,
i.e., preferred music
used often with no or minimal distractions.n
© David Putano 
