Did you know that the benefits of chiropractic care to reduce stress are numerous and reach to every ache and pain in your body and can even help relax the mind? Remember as a kid when you thought that being an adult looked like so much fun? Sure, the adults seemed to rush around, but they could make their own choices - something every kid longs for. Eat what you want. Sit when you want. Sleep when you feel like it. Surprise! Someone forgot to tell you that being an adult also means dealing with stress and the choice of whether or not to commit to good habits. Stress at work. Stress in parenting. Stress from paying bills. You can’t avoid all the stressors, but you can start new habits to manage your stress, including seeking professional chiropractic care.
What Causes Stress?
There are three different channels in which you are exposed to stress, including physical, emotional and environmental. Poor posture or not sleeping well causes stress to your body. Hearing tragic news causes stress to your emotions. An intense day at work creates a stressful environment, which can lead to added stress on your body and emotions. Making poor choices with the food we eat, what we drink or even tobacco use are also environmental factors that stress our body. When you think about, you deal with stress all day long, although in varying degrees.
Natural Reactions to Stress
You can’t necessarily avoid stress, but you can control how you respond to stress both physically and emotionally. Constant stress triggers your body’s stress response and raises cortisol levels, also often referred to as your fight or flight response. The problem is that when this is ongoing, your physical health can begin taking a negative turn. You begin feeling your body’s fight or flight response turned on more often than not, causing conditions like chronic fatigue, anxiety, inability to lose weight, insomnia and more. Experiencing a constant state of being overstressed can lead to previously resolved health issues to resurface and lead to new health issues over time.
How Do You Control Stress?
One of the physical effects of constant stress on your body is muscle tension and contraction - you may have been asked where you “hold” stress. This is often where you experience the most pain or tension, is it in your upper or lower back, neck or shoulders? The key to managing stress and the effects of stress is self care. Chiropractic care focuses on realigning your spine, which helps ease muscle tension, realigns the spine and calms the central nervous system. You think clearer and the messages transmitted through the nervous system are sent and received correctly when everything is properly aligned.
Benefits of Chiropractic Care to Reduce Stress
The relief for body and mind after an adjustment is kind of like your body’s way of saying thank you and we can do this when the pressure is gone! Patients experience so many benefits from chiropractic care, including:
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Boost in mental clarity
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Relaxation of body and mind
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Migraine and headache relief
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Pain relief in the neck, upper and lower back
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Asthma relief
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Lower blood pressure
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Aches and pains eased, including during pregnancy
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Decrease in frequency of ear infections
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And many many more
Don’t Stress It!
Dr. Rob Lyons is here to help you learn to manage your stress through chiropractic care. He will recommend how often to visit for an adjustment and other ways to reduce stress, such as healthy eating tips, exercise, how to stretch the muscles affected, and other beneficial lifestyle changes.
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