21. Many premiere hospitals and health centers all over the world have
introduced music therapy as a part of their healing regime.
22. The power of music is also said to inspire body movements and guide
impassive muscles into motion.
23. Surveys conducted by research groups from a number of universities
worldwide show that patients who listened to music had a greater
threshold for pain.
24. A breakthrough in modern medicine reveals that listening to comforting
tones can ease or relieve tension and alleviate pain and show positive
effects in a person suffering from Alzheimer’s.
25. An observation marked coordinated activities such as rhythmic tapping
of foot and hand, clapping and other synchronised movements on the
part of the patients.
26. This therapy has seen developments with patients suffering from
serious mental disorders such as schizophrenia and dementia.
27. It assists in forming bonds; when cognitive processes like writing and
speaking have failed, the strains of music offer a safe haven to the old
and the infirm.
28. Despite various impediments, music therapy has risen beyond the
contours of age and proffered a better alternative to those seeking the
true curative powers of Nature.