Music as Therapy

http://stress.about.com/od/tensiontamers/a/music_therapy.htm


This article is about using music for many different ways of therapy and healing. It talks about using music for basically anything, from easing muscle tension to helping cure cancer. I'm not so sure about music being able to aid in the cure of cancer but I do agree with music being able to help ease muscle pain and tension. Music does have some pretty powerful ways of touching people but I just don't think it's powerful enough to cure cancer. Other parts of the article go on to say that music can help put you in a certain state of mind, it can affect your heart rate and breathing, lower blood pressure, and boost your immunity. I can easily agree with all of those things because music can do something like calm down someone who feels like they want to go kill somebody. I know that music can calm me down pretty easily when I'm pissed off or really nervous about something. I just can't believe that music can help with cancer patients. Maybe it makes them feel better for a little while but I can't see it actually helping to cure cancer. I think that doctors should try to use music as therapy more and more with their patients. It's relatively inexpensive, it's easy to use (just listen to the music), and it can be fun. Music as healing is a great idea and should be used more and more in the future.