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Music Therapy on Chronic Pain
Internet Articles
Compiled by Allison Reynolds - December 1999
The Use of Music Therapy to Soothe Pain and to Treat Physical and Mental Conditions
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Internet Address:http://www.westmusic.com/what_is_music_therapy.htm
(no known author) “What is Music Therapy?”
This article answers those commonly asked questions about music therapy. It explains how much it is used to treat acute and chronic pain. It also tells how music is used in general in hospitals to alleviate pain in conjunction with anestesia or pain medication.
Internet Address: http://www.somethinghigher.com/merits.html
(no listed author) “Music Therapy.”
Music therapists work with all patient groups including terminally ill, chronic pain sufferers, Alzheimer patients and people with other forms of dementia. The healing powers of music help terminally ill patients decrease their anxiety, depression and pain. It also reduces the agitation that often accompanies Alzheimer Disease.
Internet Address: http:///www.wellweb.com/pain/overview.htm
(no author listed) “Pain Management.”
This article provides an overview of pain management and includes different psychological methods of treating pain. Some of these methods include psychotherapy, relaxation, meditation, hypnosis, biofeedback and music.
Internet Address: http://www.mayohealth.org/mayo/9709/htm/eating5.htm/
(no listed author) “Nausea and Vomiting Treatments.”
When people have nausea and vomiting from medication, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, music may be used to decrease these reactions. Listening to music might help keep the mind focused off the physical symptoms.
Music Therapy Used in Surgery
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Internet Address: http://www.altmedicineonline.com/therapies/music_therapy.html
(no listed author) “Alternative Medicine Therapies.”
This article explains the use of music therapy in physical rehabilitation, Alzhimer's Disease and psychoneuroimmunology. Two studies are mentioned which reveal the effects of music therapy after surgery and with patients who have neurological disorders.
