How Music Can Make You Healthy

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Music Makes You Healthy MICDS

Is Music Physically Good? Studies show that music is not just fun to listen to, it is also good for you physically. Whether its your bones, your pulse or even your heart, listening to music can relieve your pain.

and slows your heart rate which makes more relaxed breathing. It is proven that people sleep better when they listen to calm music over loud, upbeat tunes.

Here’s how it works: music “stimulates the release of pain-masking endorphins in the brain.” Cleveland Clinic Foundation discovered that one can ease back pain by nearly 20% from listening to music for only an hour a day.

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Someone enjoying a good song on their MP3 player.

What Music Is Right At The Right Time Sure people are free to listen to whatever they want. But how do you know what kind of music will make you run faster, go to sleep earlier, or study harder? Since music has the power to completely change your mood in less than a second, it is important to know your mood and how you want to feel during a song.

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Listening to the right kind of music will even lower your blood pressure. Any soothing, calm music has proven that it will lower your blood pressure and stress levels. Scientists at Buffalo University in New York did an experiment with anxious patients who were about to go into surgery. Those who listened to music before there surgery were less stressed and anxious, therefore they had lower blood pressure. Those who did not listen to music beforehand had higher blood pressure. If you are the type of person who listens to music before going to bed, it is recommended to listen to slow, laid-back music. It relaxes you

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You can’t control how music effects you. If you listen to a sad, depressing song, in just a few seconds, your mood will replicate that song. In an environment when you need a little something to boost your mood, an upbeat song will do the trick. Need something to relax? Try a laid back song with a slow beat. Nothing can get you in the right mood faster than music.

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