When Surgical Serenity Solutions started a few decades ago, the idea was to provide soothing music to the patient who is very anxious. But around that same time, surgeons were beginning to choose music for themselves to play during surgery. There was a widespread myth that patients under anesthesia would NOT hear the surgeon’s music and therefore surgeon’s could choose whatever they wanted, including such “gems” as “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen.

As a clinical musicologist I knew that even though the patient might not actively be listening to the surgeon’s music, they could definitely hear it and their body would respond not only to the tempo and volume but subconsciously to the message. This could actually increase the patient’s anxiety and subsequently slow down their recovery.

But if the patient were listening to soft, rhythmic, soothing music, through cordless headphones, their process would be totally different.

The infographic graphic to your left explains, in pictures, the journey that the surgical patient takes.

Today, we have 5 therapeutic playlists, each an hour long, repeating continuously, in 5 different genres.

Clinical research has documented the power of therapeutic music to engage rhythmic entrainment and reduce anxiety and pain perception.

The music is powerful whether you listen before surgery only, during surgery, or only in the recovery area.

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If you’d prefer to download this very same music as an app, click here.