Overview:
- Various studies have indicated music has the ability to significantly enhance a person’s general health and wellbeing.
- Other research studies have found music can reduce anxiety, fear, depression, and other behavioral health-related symptoms.
- In this blog, pain management specialists from Tulsa Pain Consultants explain how music can aid general health and help lower pain-intensity levels in those with chronic pain.
“One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” These words, once said by the legendary musician Bob Marley, may have a very literal meaning when it comes to managing chronic pain. According to IOL beta, music can help lower pain-intensity levels in patients suffering from chronic pain. Moreover, music has the ability to significantly reduce various behavioral health symptoms such as depression, anxiety, fear, and pain-related distress.
Although many studies on the physical, mental, and emotional effects of music have provided insightful information, there is still little knowledge as to why music is capable of evoking positivity and mood changes within human beings. Most researchers believe cognitive processes and emotions affect nerve impulses within the central nervous system like physical actions or touch do.
Nevertheless, it should come as no surprise that a patient who listens to music he or she actually likes will experience a higher reduction in pain tolerance and perception than those who listen to music they don’t like or haven’t heard before. Therefore, it is entirely possible your favorite song or genre of music could significantly reduce anxiety, decrease agitated behavior, and increase feelings of control over pain. Try it! Incorporate some of your favorite music in daily activities such as getting ready in the morning, during your commute to work, while at work, and on your way home!
Music therapy may be something to consider as a complement to your interventional pain care treatments. Talk to your pain specialist at Tulsa Pain Consultants about different techniques and alternative therapies that may reduce your chronic pain.
Tulsa Pain Consultants is a multi-location pain management practice in Oklahoma that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain. We are dedicated to helping those who are suffering find the relief they deserve. Our team uses a balanced approach by incorporating minimally invasive, outpatient procedures, complementary and alternative medicine, and medication to help patients take control of their pain. Call 855-918-PAIN or click on our “Request An Appointment” tab to meet with one of our talented pain management specialists today!
The advice and information contained in this article is for educational purposes only, and is not intended to replace or counter a physician’s advice or judgment. Please always consult your physician before taking any advice learned here or in any other educational medical material.