音樂與你的身體：音樂是如何影響我們的？為什麽音樂療法能夠提升我們的健康？

音樂與你的身體：音樂是如何影響我們的？為什麽音樂療法能夠提升我們的健康？


音樂是如何影響我們的？為什麽音樂療法能夠提升我們的健康？

Research has shown that music has a profound effect on your body and psyche. In fact, there’s a growing field of health care known as Music Therapy, which uses music to heal. Those who practice music therapy are finding a benefit in using music to help cancer patients, children with ADD, and others, and even hospitals are beginning to use music and music therapy to help with pain management, to help ward off depression, to promote movement, to calm patients, to ease muscle tension, and for many other benefits that music and music therapy can bring. This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways. The following are some of effects of music, which help to explain the effectiveness of music therapy:

研究顯示音樂對人的生理與心理可以起到巨大的影響。實際上，衛生保健係統中，一種被稱為“音樂療法”的領域正在不斷壯大，而它就是使用了音樂作為治療的手段與工具。音樂療法的實施者們發現：音樂對治療癌症、兒童注意力缺陷障礙（多動症）以及其它疾病具有成效。甚至醫院也已經開始采用音樂療法，來幫助緩解患者疼痛、防治患者抑鬱、提高患者活動水平、穩定患者精神狀態、緩解患者肌肉緊張，並通過音樂療法能取得了很多其他成效。考慮到音樂可以以很多方式影響與改變我們的身體及心理，這些也就並不值得驚奇了。下麵列舉了一些音樂具有的作用，幫助我們更好的理解音樂療法：

    * Brain Waves: Research has shown that music with a strong beat can stimulate brainwaves to resonate in sync with the beat, with faster beats bringing sharper concentration and more alert thinking, and a slower tempo promoting a calm, meditative state. Also, research has found that the change in brainwave activity levels that music can bring can also enable the brain to shift speeds more easily on its own as needed, which means that music can bring lasting benefits to your state of mind, even after you’ve stopped listening.

腦波：研究已經證實了，節奏強烈的音樂可以刺激腦波以同步的節律產生共鳴，即快速的節奏使得注意力更為集中、思維更為警覺，而慢拍則能引發平靜、冥想的思維狀態。研究同樣發現，音樂不僅能夠快速的改變腦波的活動水平，同時能夠幫助大腦提高在自身不同活動水平間自如切換的速度，也就是說，音樂能夠為你的大腦帶來長足的影響。
 

    * Breathing and Heart Rate: With alterations in brainwaves comes changes in other bodily functions. Those governed by the autonomic nervous system, such as breathing and heart rate can also be altered by the changes music can bring. This can mean slower breathing, slower heart rate, and an activation of the relaxation response, among other things. This is why music and music therapy can help counteract or prevent the damaging effects of chronic stress, greatly promoting not only relaxation, but health.

呼吸及心率：腦波的變化還能夠改變那些受自主神經支配的身體機能，例如：呼吸、心率的改變能夠通過音樂實現，也就是說音樂可以隨時減慢呼吸以及心率、激活一些放鬆反應。這就是為什麽音樂療法可以幫助人們抵消與防治長期壓力帶來的有害影響，大大增加人體的放鬆程度，促進個體健康。

    * State of Mind: Music can also be used to bring a more positive state of mind, helping to keep depression and anxiety at bay. This can help prevent the stress response from wreaking havoc on the body, and can help keep creativity and optimism levels higher, bringing many other benefits.

思維狀態：音樂也可以抵禦抑鬱與焦慮的侵襲，使人保持一種更為積極地心理狀態，預防了應激反應對身體造成的巨大傷害。音樂也可以將個體創新性與樂觀度維持在較高水平，進而增加受益。

    * Other Benefits: Music has also been found to bring many other benefits, such as lowering blood pressure (which can also reduce the risk of stroke and other health problems over time), boost immunity, ease muscle tension, and more. With so many benefits and such profound physical effects, it’s no surprise that so many are seeing music as an important tool to help the body in staying (or becoming) healthy.

其他：音樂還被發現具有降血壓（隨著時間的推移，這進一步減少了患上中風以及承擔其他健康問題的風險）、提高免疫力、緩解肌肉緊張等更多功效。正因為音樂對身體有如此多以及長遠的益處，所以很多人將音樂作為了保持與增進身體健康的重要工具。

Using Music Therapy:

使用音樂療法：

With all these benefits that music can carry, it's no surprise that music therapy is growing in popularity. For more information on music therapy, visit the American Music Therapy Association's website.

既然音樂能夠帶來如此多的益處，那麽也難怪音樂療法越來越受歡迎了。如果想獲得更多有關音樂療法的信息可以訪問美國音樂療法協會（AMTA）。

Using Music On Your Own:

親自嚐試音樂療法：
 

While music therapy is an important discipline, you can also achieve benefits from music on your own. This article on music, relaxation and stress management can explain more of how music can be an especially effective tool for stress management, and can be used in dailly life.

鑒於音樂療法這一學科的重要性，你不妨親自著手從音樂中獲得益處。文章Music Relaxation: A Healthy and Conveneint Stress Management Tool進一步解釋了音樂是怎樣在日常生活中的壓力管理方麵擁有出色表現的，希望你能從中受益。

http://article.yeeyan.org/view/206632/172325