Listening to music may speed up recovery from surgery, research suggests

Medical Xpress / American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2024 ^ | Oct. 18, 2024 | Raees S, et al

[ConservativeMind]

Looking for a creative way to quicken your recovery from surgery? The key may be found in listening to music, according to research.

Researchers analyzed existing studies on music and its role in helping people recover from surgery, narrowing a list of 3,736 studies to 35 research papers.

In their analysis, the researchers found that the simple act of listening to music after surgery, whether with headphones or through a speaker, had noticeable effects on patients during their recovery period:

Lower pain levels: Patients who listened to music had a statistically significant reduction in pain the day after surgery. Pain was measured using two validated measures that asked patients to self-report their pain levels: the Numeric Rating Scale (around 19% reduction) and the Visual Analog Scale (around 7% reduction).

Reduced anxiety levels: Patient self-reported anxiety levels were reduced by about 2.5 points, or 3%, as assessed by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.

Less opioid use: Patients who listened to music used less than half of the amount of morphine compared to those who did not listen to music on the first day after surgery (an average of 0.758 mg compared to 1.654 mg for those who did not listen to music).

Lower heart rate: Patients who listened to music experienced a reduced heart rate (around 4.5 fewer beats per minute) compared with patients who did not listen to music, which the authors noted is significant because keeping a patient's heart rate within a healthy range helps improve recovery by allowing effective circulation of oxygen and nutrients throughout the body, especially to areas that were operated on.

The study authors noted that a reduction in cortisol levels when listening to music may play a role in easing patients' recovery from surgery.

[dfwgator]

I prefer The Who’s “Live At Leeds” version.

[tsomer]

Now for some real music:

https://youtu.be/mzwx4pw74tI?si=o063Y3ZqkD1P8n3f

watch for at least 1 minute before you click out.
He’s one of the greatest guitarists of our time.

More traditional Alegrias: Chano Lobato:

https://youtu.be/jqSHrCX8sOQ?si=SqVPN6n3DjifwTWj

[BBB333]

This makes good sense to me.

What if we play music a 1 1/4 speed??????

[newfreep]

Karen, as a singer, had a FAR LESS impact on her death than the Hollywood/Rock culture traps that led her astray.

In fact almost all other top female singers of that era did not choose to starve themselves - from Linda Ronstadt to Stevie Nicks to Joni Mitchell to Carly Simon to ONJ to etc....