jeudi 26 décembre 2013

Discover The Benefits Of Therapeutic Sound Project

By Lilia Moody


Just turning on the music system and listening to music is not music therapy. A therapeutic sound project is the systematic use of music to help the person live a better quality of life. Many individual differences exist in this kind of treatment. It all depends on the condition and choices of the people who are taking the treatment. While one genre can work for one person, a completely different one might be the right one for another.

Music therapy uses music and it forms for the betterment of physical and mental health of the person. The different aspects of music are physical, mental, and spiritual and so on. That can be used to heal the client. Depending on the condition of the person, it is decided how the music is going to be used to treat him. It can either be listening to music, moving to it, or even singing.

Music is of great social help. Apart from being one of the best conversation striker, it is also very essential for setting the tone of a place or occasion. It has many mood uplifting abilities that can always be banked upon.

There are various uses of music therapy, it is highly instrumental in the treatment of mood disorders in adolescents. Music can help the adolescents in shaping their identity, staying calm and making the best out of the productive age that they are in.

Music therapy can also be combined with the regular treatment for patients who have had a stroke. People who have had a stroke tend to be a lot more anxious, nervous, helpless and aimless. Music can enhance their condition by helping them maintain emotional and mental stability. It is statistically shown that people who use music therapy along with their regular treatment have been in better moods and in a better state of mind where they are ready to accept their condition and are willing to make adjustments for it.

Given the mood uplifting properties of music, it is instrumental in the healing of major depressive disorder. Music has the ability to decrease the production of the stress hormone- Cortisol that leads to the improvement of one's depressive condition. Some studies have shown that people suffering from the disorder find it easier to interact and express while they are listening to music.

While adults require music therapy for such major problems, children have their own needs too. Short attention span, problems with communication and behaviour and lack of social skill can be treated with the use of music therapy. Generally children are encouraged to learn to play an instrument, to make sure that the child is doing something productive in the session hours and also developing a skill.

Music therapy in its true forms is said to be ancient. It is believed that Apollo, the Greek god of music and medicine cure mental disorders by using a song. The use of therapeutic sound projects, the way we know it today was started after the world wars where the people found solace and peace in music after the devastation that had taken place.




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