The Magic of Melody.....Experts say music therapy can help the sick

From: Helen Dynda (olddad66@runestone.net)
Wed Apr 2 08:14:01 2003


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" If you've ever come home from a bad day at work and popped your favorite CD into the stereo to feel better, you've practiced a form of music therapy.

" Music makes people relax, energizes them, decreases depression, reduces pain and even helps babies gain weight, according to a recent presentation to the American Psychiatric Association's meeting in Philadelphia.

"Loewy says music is processed along the same neural pathways as pain and therefore is used increasingly for the pain that accompanies procedures like spinal taps. She says if a patient gets involved in music before the procedure, those pathways already are busy so the patient doesn't feel pain."

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