Surgery with music is a topic that I’ve spent that last 25 years writing and speaking about. It is such an easy yet powerful intervention for the patient who is filled with anxiety and dread Now this wonderful meta-analysis has been published in the “Lancet,” a prestigious and highly respected British medical journal. I would […]
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Music with Knee Surgery: Video Testimonial
By Dr. Alice Cash on February 12, 2014 in joint replacement surgery, Music and Anxiety, Music and Pain, Music and Surgery
One of our recent customers purchased the Surgical Serenity Headphones for her upcoming knee surgery. We talked on several occasions about her severe anxiety over this surgery and how concerned she was that she was going to have more pain that she could bear. This 54 year-old woman is a veteran of numerous surgeries in […]
Why You Need to Use Music during Joint Replacement Surgery
By Dr. Alice Cash on June 13, 2013 in joint replacement surgery, Music and Surgery, Surgery with Music
With the aging of the Babyboomers, comes the need for replacing our worn-out and achy joints. We Babyboomers have been very hard on our bodies, with jogging, running and aerobics skyrocketing to popularity when we were young and foolish. It was also during many of our teen years that fast-food became extremely popular and McDonald’s […]
Music and Hip Replacements?
By Dr. Alice Cash on December 22, 2008 in joint replacement surgery, Music and Surgery, Surgery with Music
Music and Hip Replacements This morning I was working with a new client of mine who is having total hip replacement surgery. She’s 75 years old and has had a couple of unfortunate surgical experiences lately in large hospitals. This time she’s decided to go with a small local hospital and to try some alternative […]
Music and Anesthesia
By Dr. Alice Cash on April 13, 2008 in Anesthesia Waking up, Dangers of anesthesia, joint replacement surgery, Music and Surgery
Earlier today I was talking with an old friend about the benefits of music during surgery. Of course the number one benefit that I usually tell people is the fact that reasearch has documented that people using music during surgery have been known to need less than 50% of the usual amount of anesthesia. Why […]