Music draws your focus away from the pain. But it's doing more than that," said Caroline Palmer, PhD, a psychologist at McGill University in Montreal who studies music and pain."We know that almost all of the brain becomes active when we engage in music. That changes the perception and experience of pain -- and the isolation and anxiety of pain.

Music draws your focus away from the pain. But it's doing more than that," said Caroline Palmer, PhD, a psychologist at McGill University in Montreal who studies music and pain. "We know that almost all of the brain becomes active when we engage in music. That changes the perception and experience of pain -- and the isolation and anxiety of pain.

Music helps ease pain from surgery or illness

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Have you been told by your doctor there’s nothing wrong with you and still you don't feel right? Conventional medicine as practiced by most doctors is limited to treating full-blown disease that requires crisis care. If the offerings of Big Pharma are not working for you, evidence-based alternatives are available.

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