Due to connection problems at my family's home in Chattanooga I'll be doubling up on articles this week!  This week we'll be discussing the power of music in healing.  Music spans all cultures and is a universal phenomenon.  References to its healing power go back to Plato and Aristotle.  Music began to be used medically in the 1940's at the Menninger Psychiatric Clinic.  Clinics and hospitals began using music therapy thereafter and documenting its efficacy.  Music was also used at VA hospitals with veterns of the world wars.  Music Therapy became a vocation in the 1950's.

Much of the work of Music Therapy pertains to Alzheimer's victims, stroke victims, sufferers of other forms of dementia, and garden variety emotional disorders such as: depression, and anxiety.  In senior centers, nursing homes, mental health facilities and adult care settings, music therapy has been demonstrated to act as a catalyst, breaking down social isolation due to physical or emotional pain, bringing people together and generating positive energy.

Often, people reconnect with their lives as favorite songs are played.

People remember not only the words and melody but also what was happening in their lives at the time.  In the case of Alzheimer's victims, musical memories are some of the last to remain.

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Take some time to reduce your blood pressure, stress, muscle tension and uplift yourself by adding some of your favorite music to each day.

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