Every
day people excitedly tell me about other uses that
they have thought of for our Serenity Headphones.
One of the
most frequently heard suggestions outside of a
hospital is dental surgery or dental work. If
you've tried to make a dental appointment recently,
you know how busy dentists are! In addition to
the usual fillings, crowns, and root canals, there
is a huge boom in cosmetic dentistry and it is not
painless.
We have not aggressively marketed the
headphones to dental surgeons or dentists of any
kind, but recently lots of customers have bought the
headphones to use during a dental procedure of one
kind or another.
"The first time
around, during my dental procedure, I did not have the headphones
and it was the most uncomfortable hour of my life!" The second
time, I had the headphones and it was a totally different
experience. This time, I could focus on the relaxing, healing
music, and not on when the dentist would start drilling again. It
was great too, because I could still hear the dentist when he asked
me a question. I would definitely recommend these to my friends, or
anyone having dental work of any kind!"
Suzanne Bergmeister
Suzanne volunteered to give me a
video testimonial and I was thrilled with what she
had to say. Be sure to click on the link below
to listen to it!
Music is
healing! To the mind, the
body and the spirit. Almost
everyone on the planet has
some sort of music that they
really, really love and
choose to listen to! But is
it the music itself that
heals and soothes, or is it
about the person performing
it, or is it the method of
delivery, i.e. live, ambient
(recorded and played through
speakers in the room) or
through headphones?
For almost 25
years I have been
researching, performing and
writing about healing
music. I have always
believed that a live
performance is the most
healing. For people who are
willing to try vocal toning,
or drumming or playing an
instrument, this is best.
After that, a live
performance is best. My
music medicine mentors,
Arthur Harvey,
Don
Campbell, and Alfred Tomatis
taught me that the intention
behind a live performance is
a key to its effectiveness.
Unfortunately, a live
performance is not always
possible. For me, the next
best thing is a recording of
acoustic healing music
through high quality
headphones.
The piece
of music I am playing in
this YouTube video is one of
my favorite pieces of
healing music. J.S. Bach
did not characterize this
piece as “healing music,”
but I think if he were here
today he would agree. What
do YOU think?
In the year 2013, hasn’t most of the
danger of surgery and anesthesia been eradicated?
Well, I don’t want to discourage you from having
needed surgery because the vast majority of
procedures go as planned and improve the quality of
life immeasurably for that patient. But just how
wrong can things go?
I don’t
need to recount the horror stories of surgeries gone
bad from all kinds of mistakes, but you’ve heard
them. I believe that things have improved over the
last few years but occasionally we still hear of the
wrong limb being operated on or even removed. We
still hear of sponges being sewn up in patients, all
things that could be prevented.
What can’t be prevented is bad
reactions to anesthesia or pain medication in people
who have never had surgery or had medical treatment
at all. Here is when using music can be
particularly helpful by supplementing the relaxation
effect and decreasing the need for as much
anesthesia or pain medication. Why wouldn’t a
person use music? Well, there are a few that I can
think of:
They don’t know about how
powerful music can be in surgery
They don’t realize that they
can buy pre-programmed headphones for surgery
And that’s about it!
If you have been told that you
need any kind of surgery at all, including dental
surgery, please plan to use music. Either your own
favorite music through an iPod, or the
pre-programmed headphones will give you a more
positive experience and outcome! Feel better!
The brain is still very
much an unexplored frontier. At least,
it’s a complex and mysterious frontier.
Neuroscientist have come a long way in
the past couple of decades, but there is
still so much that we don’t understand
because of the brain’s complexity. The
interface of genetics, DNA, and
neuroscience is a delicious place to go,
but it’s not the top priority in
medicine these days. Finding a cure for
cancer, Alzheimer’s, and autism are
probably higher priority, but
interestingly, music can be extremely
therapeutic for all of those diseases.
For nearly two decades, I've been helping people use the music that
they already love to heal their lives and increase their wellness
quotient!
I
am one of the world's only clinical musicologists and hold
a Masters degree in piano performance, a Ph.D. in
musicology and a Master of Social Work in clinical social work. I
am also a licensed clinical social worker. I work with people and
diagnoses of all kinds, enabling them to find healing, acceptance and
hope.
I love
performing, researching, and teaching and have put them all together
in a career called "Music Medicine."
Dr. Alice H. Cash is often asked to share her
Grand Rounds Presentation with hospitals' doctors and staff. Learn
what is currently happening around the world and the results they are
having.
"It was the
easiest of all hand surgeries! I was listening to music, then a slight
lull of nothing and then back to the music. Wonderfully comfortable. The
best surgical experience yet. I am honored to know, worked with and
utilized Dr. Cash's magnificent creation. I do hope the medical field
understands the import of her invention!"
One of the
most frequently heard suggestions outside of a
hospital is dental surgery or dental work. If
you've tried to make a dental appointment recently,
you know how busy dentists are! In addition to
the usual fillings, crowns, and root canals, there
is a huge boom in cosmetic dentistry and it is not
painless.
Don
Campbell, and Alfred Tomatis
taught me that the intention
behind a live performance is
a key to its effectiveness.
Unfortunately, a live
performance is not always
possible. For me, the next
best thing is a recording of
acoustic healing music
through high quality
headphones.
I
am one of the world's only clinical musicologists and hold
a Masters degree in piano performance, a Ph.D. in
musicology and a Master of Social Work in clinical social work. I
am also a licensed clinical social worker. I work with people and
diagnoses of all kinds, enabling them to find healing, acceptance and
hope.
