Hey there! 🎤
It’s safe to say almost all of us Filipinos love music. It’s everywhere….from your friend’s quiet humming to your neighbor’s nightly karaoke sessions (you know the one). 🙉 Music is woven into our days, but what we’re talking about now is the kind that slows your heart, clears your mind, and makes the world a little less noisy.
Let’s get to it! Could music do more than soothe our emotions? Could it actually calm inflammation in our body too? 🎵
How Does Music Affect Our Body’s Stress System?
Let’s get into the biology for a sec. Listening to music actually shifts something inside. Studies show that music can dial down the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the body’s main stress circuit. ⏲️
When this system goes into overdrive, it floods us with cortisol, a stress hormone that triggers inflammation, tension, and fatigue. But what’s cool is certain music, especially around 528 Hz, has been found to lower cortisol while raising oxytocin, our “bonding and calm” hormone. 😌 That means less stress, better mood, and even smoother blood flow.
So yes—music affects our body’s stress system.
Can Music Really Reduce Inflammation?
Research says it might. A 2024 review on post-surgery and ICU patients found that listening to music can lower cortisol, a key inflammatory marker. Not every study showed changes in cytokines like IL-6 or CRP (these are proteins that signal inflammation in the body), but the trend was clear: music helps the body relax at a molecular level. 🔬
Another study on fibromyalgia patients, who often deal with chronic pain and fatigue, found that listening to music or even simple environmental sounds eased both pain and exhaustion. Whether the patients were resting or moving, their discomfort didn’t spike the way it usually would. The brain seemed to take cues from sound, gently recalibrating its perception of pain. 🙌🏻
How Can We Turn This Science Into Everyday Healing?
Let’s set the scene. You come home after a long, draining day—exhausted, brain fried. You turn on some relaxing music (528 Hz!), grab a bite, take a warm shower, then massage your fave 💜Oleia Topical Oil💜 into those sore spots from the day. Sounds like a great reset, right? ✨
Both music and Oleia work in sync with our body’s healing rhythm. They calm the nervous system, quiet inflammation, and give our cells the space to breathe, reset, and recover.
So next time stress creeps in, let the rhythm flow through your breath, your heartbeat, your cells. Top it off with a little Oleia, and it’s golden. ⭐
Show me your bottle and I’ll show you mine. ’Til next time! 👋🏻
xo, L
References:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30001799/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26163741/
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-psychiatry/article/listening-to-music-as-a-stress-management-tool/2324CA01DFFA7B6075268DE06A481F7E
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6380515/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651324002069