Stress is a reality of modern living. Especially in Western Society, where longer hours are being worked and the media is constantly overloading our senses with the latest tragedy, it’s easy to see why many people experience anxiety levels ranging from mild to gut wrenching. Read on to see how visiting a chiropractor might just be what you need to add more relaxation to your life.
First, it’s important to understand how the body reacts to stress. There are three basic “channels” through which we perceive stress: environment, body, and emotions.
Environmental stress is rather self-explanatory; let’s say you are walking down a quiet road and you hear a loud bang nearby, similar to an explosion. That is an environmental stress. Pollution would be another example of environmental stress.
Body stress includes illness, lack of sleep or poor nutrition.
Emotional stress is slightly different, as it encompasses how we interpret certain things. For example, if someone you work with is being passive-aggressive, you may choose to become stressed — “is he/she mad at me for some reason?” — or you may choose to brush it off — “they must be having a rough morning.” What’s unique about emotional stress is that we have control over how much of it we experience, much more so than environmental or body stressors.
Now that we understand how stress is received, we can discuss what effects it has on our health. When under stress, the body’s fight or flight response is triggered. Your sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is stimulated, which means your heart beats faster and your senses become more acute. This is a leftover defence mechanism from prehistoric times; that is the reason we survived to today instead of all becoming lunch for hungry predators out in the wild.
However, the danger is that in modern society, we can become overstressed. Over the years many studies have been conducted to assess the impact of chronic stress on the body, with such consequences as high blood pressure, increased risk for heart disease, damage to muscle tissue, and more. While stress can be beneficial in certain high-performance situations, experiencing it constantly will leave you significantly worse for wear.
Chiropractic focuses on the spine, which is the root of the nervous system. One of the effects of chronic stress is muscle tension and contraction, which can lead to uneven pressure on the skeleton, which in turn leads to subluxations. Adjustments help ease muscle tension, which in turn eases the stress on certain parts of the skeleton and helps ease subluxations. Easing these subluxations — therefore achieving a more balanced spine — is a crucial element of managing personal stress. As mentioned earlier, nutrition is also a crucial component of stress management, which is why we offer a wide range of supplements and workshops to empower you and help you to manage stress.
Chiropractic can help you because Chiropractic Doctors treat the body gently, naturally, and without drugs to remove your stress and imbalances that can CAUSE health problems.
Here is what you need to do:
1. Get this under control! Contact our office on 9477 1905 and make an appointment for our Stress Less Consult.
2. If you are unsure and would like to find out more about what we do and how we can help, book in for our Jump Start Your Health Workshop to gain a better understanding as to how to decrease stress from your life. Call us on 9477 1905 to book your tickets at no charge.
Asquith Family Chiropractors – For Lifetime Family Wellness Solutions
59 Edgeworth David Avenue WAITARA NSW 2077 / 9477 1905 admin@asquithfamilychiropractors.com.au