Am I the only who is sometimes feeling down, plays a song, and starts to feel a little better? It's a universal truth that music has some sort of power that can improve people's humour, and even health, both physical and mental, multiple studies show how some people respond better to treatment if music is implemented, now why is it that some people hate some specific genre and love the other? Perhaps taste, but there's gotta be something else that makes us love something and not liking the other, I can say I love pop, rock, pop-rock, pop-punk, and many others, and while music is great we should not let us be reckless about the tone as is also knows how a hign volume can damage the ear, both internally and externally. But, how it helps:
- CHRONIC BACK PAIN
How it helps: Music works on the autonomic nervous system - the part of the nervous system responsible for controlling our blood pressure, heartbeat and brain function - and also the limbic system - the part of the brain that controls feelings and emotions. According to one piece of research, both these systems react sensitively to music.
When slow rhythms are played, our blood pressure and heartbeat slow down which helps us breathe more slowly, thus reducing muscle tension in our neck, shoulders, stomach and back. And experts say that apart from physical tension, music also reduces psychological tension in our mind.
In other words when we feel pain, we become frightened, frustrated and angry which makes us tense up hundreds of muscles in our back. Listening to music on a regular basis helps our bodies relax physically and mentally, thus helping to relieve - and prevent - back pain.
The research: A new study from Austria's General Hospital of Salzburg due to be published in The Vienna Medical Weekly Journal could hold the key to back pain. In the study, 65 patients aged between 21 and 68 with chronic back pain after back surgery were divided into two groups.
One group received standard medical care and physiotherapy. The other group also listened to music and received visualisation classes for 25 minutes every day for three weeks. Results found that the group who listened to music and used imagery experienced better pain relief than the group who did not.
Clinical psychologist Franz Wendtner who led the study says: 'Music is an important part of our physical and emotional wellbeing - ever since we were babies in our mother's womb listening to her heartbeat and breathing rhythms.
'Listening to music for about 25 minutes everyday for at least ten days can help prevent back pain and also make you sleep better.'
Which type of music is best? That's up to you.
- Improves your workout:
How it helps: Experts say listening to music during exercise can give you a better workout in several ways. Scientists claim it can increase your endurance, boost your mood and can distract you from any discomfort experienced during your workout.
The research: Dr Robert Herdegen of America's Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked at the effects of 12 men riding a bicycle for ten minutes while listening to music on one day. He compared it to the same men riding bicycles without music for ten minutes the following day.
On the days that the men exercised listening to music, they travelled 11 per cent further - compared to the days they didn't listen to music. Researchers also found that the men's levels of exertion were at their lowest when listening to music.
Other studies show that listening to music releases endorphins - our natural 'feel good' hormones that lift our mood and give us motivation to carry on longer with exercise.
Which type of music is best? The best type of music for exercise is thought to be high energy, high tempo music such as hip hop or dance music.
- MEMORY LOSS
How it helps: For many people suffering from memory loss the spoken language has become meaningless. Music can help patients remember tunes or songs and get in touch with their history. This is because the part of the brain which processes music is located next to memory.
The research: Researchers from Norway's Sogn Og Fjordane College compared the effects of live, taped and no music on three different groups of people suffering from post traumatic amnesia - or memory loss.
The patients were exposed to all three conditions, twice over six consecutive days. Results showed that when patients listened to live or taped music, two thirds of them showed significantly reduced symptoms of anxiety and enhanced orientation, compared to the group that didn't listen to music.
Which type of music is best? Research shows that people with memory loss respond best to music of their choice. (YOur favorite)
And while we love it, it can also be emotionally harmful as we know how sad we get when we are already sad and for some unknown-reason we listen to sad music just to get sadder.
Here are some of my favorite songs:
Lana del Rey- Video Games
Pitbull- Greenlight
Justin Bieber- U Smile
Justin Bieber- Baby
Bruno Mars- Talking to the moon
Bruno Mars- When I Was Your Man
Bruno Mars- It will rain
Britney Spears- Radar
Britney Spears- Perfume
Britney Spears- Toxic
Britney Spears- Hold it against me
Britney Spears- Till the world ends
Rihanna- Close to you
Rihanna- Love On the Brain
Rihanna- Work
Aron Wright- Home
Aron Wright- Don't play games
Aron Wright- You're the last thing on my mind
Aquilo- Sorry