Music is becoming more widely recognized as a pain management tool, but scientists still question which aspect of the music is driving the pain-killing benefits.
People given the impression they had control over the music they heard experienced more pain relief than those who felt as though they had no control over their music exposure.
New research has found that listening to the right kind of music can help alleviate chronic pain, especially if you're choosing the tunes yourself. UK and Irish scientists asked 286 adults with acute pain to rate how bad their pain was before and after listening to a music track. Nathan Rarere discussed the finding's with the study's lead author Claire Howlin, from the University of London's school of psychology.
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There are songs that can cause one’s head to hurt … no matter how softly they’re played. There are plenty of songs about pain, and a few about pain relief (“Mother’s Little Helper” by The Rolling Stones). Music has long been used as a therapeutic tool to take one’s mind off of an illness or. Read more »