Surgery with Music Series Post #19: How long will music continue to be helpful in recovery process?

 A reader has asked the question about how long after returning home from surgery will the headphones and music continue to help.  Great question!  The wonderful thing about music is that it always relaxes you and healing happens best and fastest when the body is relaxed.  Stress and anxiety cause every muscle in your body to tense up and it’s hard to heal when your body is full of tension.

That’s why putting the headphones on at least 30-45 before you are taken in to surgery is so important.  Here too, the more relaxed your body is, the less anesthesia and pain medication will be required to put you to sleep and keep you asleep comfortably.

After you return home you will find that it’s easy to add new music to the headphones or change all of the music completely.  You’ll be able to wear the headphones outdoors or indoors.  You could even travel with them and wear them on planes, trains and cruise ships, just like you would an iPod, but cordlessly.  These headphones are an investment that you’ll enjoy for years to come.

Thanks for all the questions people are sending me.  Keep them coming!