Brain is the most important organ of the human body. It processes all the knowledge from the five senses and gives response accordingly. It is responsible for all our actions and responses.
Brain injuries could be traumatic brain injuries and acquired brain injuries. Brain injuries occur due to vehicular accidents, house accidents, or any other type of physical injury to the brain. Acquired brain injury could also be a result of tumors, aneurysms, or infections of the brain. Whatever the cause, brain injuries need to be tackled judiciously by the doctors and the patients. Many kinds of therapies are available to the doctors to cure brain injury. Doctors have to carefully study the patient’s medical history and then the current situation. Normally a panel of doctors discusses the case and then arrives at a conclusion as to which treatment or the combination thereof would be most effective.
One of the most effective treatments for brain injury is ‘music therapy’. Music therapy is a special kind of brain therapy in which the healing power of music is harnessed for treatment. Since ages music has been associated with happiness and health. Music is processed by almost all the areas of the brain as opposed to reading or writing, which use only specific area of the brain. The systematic orderly format of music addresses all the functional areas of the brain. This promotes positive vibrations and emotional, social, cognitive well being.
Many prominent neuroscientists have done extensive research and concluded that listening to soft melodious rhythmic music daily for 10- 15 min can bring definitive change in the healing process of the patients. Music therapy increases the orientation, self-expression, relaxation, vocalization, and the rhythmic movements of the patient.
Music therapy benefits patients by improving their deteriorating speech and language skills. Song writing is a great method by which memory and cognitive issues can be solved. Even physical and emotional issues can be resolved with the help of music therapy.