Seven Important Health benefits of Music You Must Know

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We all love, more or less, to listening music in our daily life, and what if you get some health benefits while listening to it? There are some health benefits of music; you can avail from your hobby of listening music. 

Our brains have the ability to distinguish between music and noise, and by distinguishing it, brain can channels the effects of such music in your health. 

You can relate with yourself that some specific types of songs or music can make you calm, romantic, passionate, happy, or you found some old memories alive. Similarly, good or fast music can increase your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing, while slow music can do the opposites. 

As the effect of music on our health is not completely understood, till, some researchers have shown that listening your favourite music can actually releases dopamine, a hormone and neurotransmitter, works as a chemical messenger. It has a great role in how we feel pleasure in our life by exerting a positive effect on our mood.  

Various researchers have showed that it has numerous health benefits. So, grab your headphone and start listening to your favourite tune, because, this article brings you the known and unknown health benefits of music. 

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Music connects us

Music can create a feeling of social connectedness in our mind. It can trigger the memory of some persons or something, from which you feel connected with them. As well as music can unite people just like national anthem. 

Therefore, here I want to discus about some musical benefits. The benefits on health and well-being of music are as follows:

1.  It lifts up your mood

Music is a powerful tool and we all have access to it. As previously stated, music can increase the secretion of dopamine, a chemical in your brain. It can relax you from anxiety and depression. It helps to lifts up your mood and emotion in a second. 

Another pleasure causing substance or hormone called norepinephrine  also releases in brain if you listen to the music you like. It immediately helps you to get back your good mood.  

If you can play some musical instruments, then must play it. Playing a musical instrument can help you to create a room of yourself, where you can go often when you feel down, and it will make you feel better in no time. 

So, start your day with a melodious tune daily and if you set a playlist of songs which lifts your mood, then listen to it often. 

2. It reduces stress and anxiety

Many studies have shown that listening music can actually work as a stress buster. Music can decrease the level of stress hormone cortisol. You can control your stress level by listening to relaxing music in slow tempo and low pitch. 

It has been proved that, during surgery, slow music can reduce the anxiety of patient easily. By listening this music, you can reduce your anxiety level too. So, just sit and listen your favourite music when you feel anxious. 

3. It takes care of your heart health

While listening to music, your blood vessels get dilated, and blood flows more easily than before. It can reduce your heart rate and blood pressure also.  

Music may speed up the recovery from a cardiac procedure by relieving stress. Research suggests that daily listening to music may reduce chest pain and anxiety after a heart attack. It has a calming or soothing effect on our heart. 

4. It increases workout potential

Listening music in fast tempo can helps you to achieve your workout power and it increases the endurance. You can’t get bored while listening music during your exercise sessions. 

It can boost your mental and physical performance in toughest workout. So, play music during exercise or grab a headphone to listening music during a brisk walking. 

5. It eases pain

By sending a competing stimulus to pain signals to the brain and reducing stress, music can ease the pain. In some cases, music therapy can reduce the intensity of pain. 

During surgery, listening to music can ease the pain of many patients. Whenever you feel the pain in anywhere in your body, divert your mind with music, obviously take your medicine as well, but it somehow helps your mind to relax. 

It works for me a lot. Whenever I feel pain on my body I wish to distract my mind via music and it really works. 

6. It improves memory

Our brain can form a memory-enhancing pattern if you listen to a repetitive rhythm or melody. By this technique you can enhance your memory and achieve better focus. 

Some studies showed that music therapy can improve some symptoms of dementia and it can relax a disturbed patient by improving mood. 

So, indulge yourself in soft and melodious music regularly.  

7. It can help to concentrate more

Music can help you to concentrate more on your subject. It can channels our thinking in one direction and helps you to focus. 

Some people need a quiet environment to focus on their work. If you listen to certain melodious tune in the background, it can help to calm you down to focus at your work easily. 

Here the music you choose is very important. Make a playlist as your choice based on the songs that can help you to focus. 

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ConScience

I think you all have experienced the power of music in your life until now; obviously, it touched your mood innumerable times. Music is an inseparable part of our life from the toddler to adult. 

So, don’t neglect it, if you have some time in your busy schedule, play some music and rest your ear within the huge see of happiness. Music can make you happy, but if you hear the positive music, having the intention to make you happy, it will increase your happiness level a bit. 

So, start a good day with a music that can make you happy, because happiness is the ultimate goal of our life. Have a happy life.