Can Music Help Treat Morning Sickness?
Morning sickness is thought to be caused by many different things, everything from the baby disagreeing with something to headaches gone wrong. Researchers are still trying to come up with an exact reason for morning sickness. Perhaps the most interesting thing I've heard recently is that your morning sickness could be caused by the inner ear. The companies claiming that your inner ear can cause morning sickness are also companies who are trying to sell a product. This particular product is a tape, a tape with musical patterns and sounds claiming to cure your morning sickness which is caused by the inner ear.
The inner ear has been said to cause many other problems revolving around common illnesses and weakness in other medical conditions. Your inner ear is home to the vestibular system and is in control of you equilibrium or balance. When you spin around in circles really fast and then stop and stumble, that stumble is caused by your inner ear and your equilibrium. Different studies are showing evidence that could mean that the inner ear has played a major role in morning sickness as well as other illnesses and ailments.
Music and its effect on morning Sickness
The theory in question at this point is the theory that states perhaps if sickness can be caused by the inner ear then by soothing or stimulating the ear maybe it will positively react to the stimulation and in turn cause a positive effect on the illness at hand. So then if this is the case soothing or affirming music may be just what the ear needs to sooth your case of morning sickness. Using multiple and diverse tones and patterns quite a few programs are hoping to heal the morning sickness plaguing so many women. How this works is that by sending these sounds to the brain they are hopeful that it will mask some of the signals being sent that indicate illness and cause nausea and in turn make your brain only acknowledge the music.
The Benefits Of Music Therapy For Morning Sickness
With the entire buzz being created over these theories you have to wonder, what are the possible benefits that this theory offers as oppose to other methods in place? One opinion is that when you use music as oppose to medication to help treat your morning sickness you are then choosing to use a therapeutic method instead of pumping chemicals that could pose problems for your baby into your body and into your baby's body. This method cannot have a negative affect in any way on your body and even if it doesn't help sooth your inner ear, it can help sooth your mind and take some stress off.
The only way to know if music therapy is right for you and the way to treat your morning sickness is to try it out, it's not like something completely out of reach and for many women it has become an answer to their prayers.
