Music – Is There Anything It CAN’T do?!
There has long been a recognized connection between listening to music and your mental state, which can obviously reflect on how you feel physically. But, this is taking it to a new level. Talk about getting your groove on!
Could this mean that we can write off gear purchases as a medical expense? 
Here are the details from a report by PhysOrg.com:
Music May Have A Future Role In Heart And Stroke Patient Rehab
Blood flow and respiratory rates can synch with music, indicating that music could one day be a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and rehabilitation, according to a study by Italian researchers published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The researchers found in an earlier study (Heart. 2006 Apr;92(4):445-52) that music with faster tempos resulted in increased breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. When the music was paused, breathing, heart rate and blood pressure decreased, sometimes below the beginning rate. Slower music caused declines in heart rates.
In an extension of those findings, researchers recently discovered swelling crescendos appear to induce moderate arousal while decrescendos induce relaxation. In music, a crescendo is a gradual volume increase, and a decrescendo is a gradual volume decrease.
Previous studies have shown that music reduces stress, boosts athletic performance and enhances motor skills of people with neurological impairments. Bernardi noted that music more frequently is being used as a therapeutic tool for different diseases. In addition, the distracting effect of music can also prolong exercise by increasing the threshold for pain or labored breathing.
Music can induce physiologic changes that may precede the psychological appreciation. Such autonomic modulations could be of practical use to induce body sensation which might reach the level of consciousness, or at least create a continuous stimulus to the upper brain; moreover, the inter-individual synchronization of body physiology mediated by music could aid in strengthening the sense of sharing within the human relationship.
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