Listening to music helps you recover from surgery. The key to healing after surgery could be in your playlist. A study recently found that music is extremely beneficial to patients recovering from surgery.  “The results, published in The Lancet journal, found patients were significantly less anxious after surgery and reported more satisfaction after listening to music. They also needed less pain medication and reported less pain compared with controls. While the study found listening to music at any time seemed effective, there was a trend for better outcomes if patients listened to music before surgery rather than during or after. And when patients selected their own music, there was a slightly greater reduction in pain and in use of pain relief.” If you or a loved one has an operation coming up, remember to bring your music and earbuds to pass time in the waiting room and improve your post-op recovery.