Health Benefits of Music

Did you know that listening to music is proven to be beneficial to your health? Music is something that is integrated into our daily lives, whether we are aware of it or not, which makes this an easy option to initiate that improves health.

Music, especially classical music, can boost productivity and even increase your brain capacity to help you have a productive day at work.

If you are having pain, listen to music that makes you happy! Happy music stimulates the release of endorphins that decreases any pain that you might have.

Find out more benefits music has on your health starting on page 6 of the fall edition Healthy You magazine. You can access this magazine on the HU Portal under Personnel > Benefits > Wellness Handouts or by going to the home page of umr.com. On the right side of the page, click on the Healthy You Magazine tile. You do not need to be enrolled in the HU Health Plan to access this informational magazine. Healthy reading.