Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain. (via OnPointRadio)
SUZANNE HANSER: At the first treatment, I would bring all of the instruments I could carry. So, I had a Native American flute.I had hand chimes that create a very resonant sound in this very bright steel glass environment in the chemotherapy unit.
And then I would just suggest sometimes that they just breathe with the music or suggest that they just imagine being in a beautiful, comforting place. So I had a rain stick, something very simple to play. But when you close their eyes, it often transports you to a rain forest or a waterfall or some place in nature.
And she just started singing. The music is here. The dancing is here. Back and forth we go. The music will help me. The music can aid me. I think it really will help. It is here when I need it. It is here when I want it. The music will be right for me. But several reflected on how that process, where they were listening to very meaningful music changed. Well, the way that they experienced pain for one person. He said that the throbbing nature of his pain improved, and it became less noticeable. The importance of that is not that perhaps music can relieve pain.
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