Thursday, April 19, 2012

Blog 6: CATW practice 1


          In this article which was adapted from “How and Why Is Music A Good Tool” by Elizabeth Scott. The author expresses benefits from music therapy are seen producing a positive result, physically and mentally to a variety of patients, with a variety of diagnoses. The health care industry is recognizing music therapy and is expanding quickly. Different techniques are being researched, and have shown how the brain reacts to this new therapy. Also similar research how breathing and heart rates are impacted by music.

        In music therapy the new wave compared to traditional medicine? I agree with the author and the article on the benefits of music. Research has proven the positive effects it has on people. You do not have to be sick to feel the effect. I personally love to put on music while my daily activities are performed. It calms me when am stuck in traffic, it helps me focus working out.

       The benefits are natural; patients are all ready on medication and why not try something new and different. Cancer patients are being exposed to radiation, chemo and other harsh therapies. Their bodies deteriorating from all the unnatural therapies. Music therapy is able to help them produce natural effects that will be beneficial to patients in the long run. My mother listens to music on the way to chemo and it puts her in a better mood and she is much calmer.

       Music alone brings the family together without even noticing it. My mother will sing to her grandchildren and they will start change their moods. They’ll dance with her and sing. Children also benefit from this new therapy, brainwaves are effected and proves to show difference in behavioral patterns, more alert and quick thinking are some of the benefits. Children today need different stimulants other than drugs, whether it prescribed or recreational.

     Knowledge and education on alternative therapies is the new age. We need more researches and experiments done to prove that our bodies and minds can provide natural healing processes.

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