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Series Code: MMP
Program Code: MMP000003
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00:02 You know that happy feeling you get when one of your
00:05 favorite songs comes on the radio? 00:06 That should give you an inkling about what music 00:09 therapy can do for people in pain. 00:11 Music is the medicine of the mind they say 00:14 and Lillian needs a large dose. 00:16 Lillian just had her second leg amputated 00:19 and the mysterious phantom pain of her lost limbs 00:22 is agonizing, but music therapy makes it better. 00:25 Lillian says it soothed my soul, it really did. 00:28 There is evidence that music can lower high blood pressure, 00:32 rapid heartbeat and reduce depression and sleeplessness. 00:35 But most of all, it can help eliminate pain. 00:39 In fact a study at Temple University showed that 00:41 people in chronic pain can actually find relief 00:44 from their pain from just one session of music therapy. 00:47 Amy is music therapist at Florida hospital, 00:50 she finds that patients receiving pain medication 00:53 respond quickly to music therapy. 00:55 She states that many patients who first rate their pain levels 00:58 at a 10, will begin to experience less pain 01:01 as they listen to music and begin to require less medication. 01:04 Some studies have shown music therapy helps 01:07 some patients eliminate the need for pain medication 01:10 all together. 01:11 Music is able to enhance our moods and we know our mood 01:14 directly influences our responses to pain. 01:16 Music is able to serve as a distraction from the pain 01:20 and music even is believed by many to rearrange our 01:23 molecular structure. 01:24 I'm Jennifer LaMountain reminding you, 01:26 God has created each of us with a musical mind. |
Revised 2020-02-20