Relaxation and music, separately or...

Relaxation and music, separately or together, can significantly convert into patients' pain after major abdominal surgery according to a May 7 1999 pres release from the National Institutes of Health. A novel study found that using these systems in combination with pain medication decreases pain more than using pain medication alone.

Researchers studied three assign places tos of patients undergoing abdominal surgery single group used a jaw relaxation technique in addition to regular pain medication, another clump listened to music, and a third form into groups used a combination of relaxation techniques and music. After surgery the three treatment assemblages had significantly less pain than the check group, which received pain medication alone. Researchers say as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but medication and patient self-care rules are needed to relieve pain. Relaxation and music can provide more perfect relief without the undesired side results of some pain medications.

The findings have important implications for the 23 million race who undergo surgery and experience postoperative pain annually in the United States, according to the release. Pain can hamper restoration by heightening the body's replication to the stress of surgery and increasing tissue breakdown, coagulation, and fluid retention. Pain also interferes with appetite and be motionless and can lead to complications that put off hospitalization.

Relaxation and Music Significantly resolve into Patients' Postoperative Pain (press release, Bethesda, Md: National Institutes of Health, May 7 1999) 1-2

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