Positive effects of music to Blood Pressure

By: Lyza Marie Orquinaza

“Have you ever felt calm relived from stress when listening to music?”

Of the nearly one-third of Americans who have high blood pressure, half do not have it under control.

Reasons:Music can Influence blood vessel dilation

This chart shows that the slow tempo music blood pressure lowered and the fast tempo music systolic higher but diastolic lowered.

Music increases calcium in the brain

Effect of 30 minutes of techno and classical music on heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (data adapted from Gerra. 1998)

Music can change brainwave activity levels thus enables the brain to shift more easily in its own as needed.