Holiday Self-Care & Stress Relief
November 25, 2024
Chiropractic adjustments can be a great tool for physical pain and emotional health alike, and this means it’s a wonderful tool for stress relief. There’s a lot of anxiety to go around during the holiday season, but an appointment with your chiropractor can help improve your mood, lower your stress levels, and empower you to be your best at all your family gatherings.
Chiropractic adjustments primarily focus on correcting subluxations of the spine, which in turn helps the central nervous system function at optimal levels. Your nervous system is integral for processing and responding to stressors, and when it’s not operating properly, your fight-or-flight response may become more severe. With the help of your chiropractor, your nervous system can better regulate the production of cortisol and adrenaline, allowing your body to respond appropriately to stress and improve your mood.
Chiropractic care can also relieve tension that gets stored in your muscles when you feel stressed. By allowing tight muscles to relax, chiropractic adjustments can cause pain to dissipate, allowing you to feel more at ease. If pain is a general source of stress, your chiropractor can identify the underlying causes of that pain, address those issues with regular adjustments, and put you into a state where you are maintaining better wellness with each appointment.
For as much as the benefits of chiropractic care can be so useful year-round, these benefits are especially handy for managing holiday stress. An adjustment leaves you feeling better on the whole, which can improve your mood and help you go into a busy week with more optimism and energy. This helps you get more done, which helps you keep stress levels low. Truly, regular chiropractic care has a rolling effect when it comes to managing stress during the holiday season and beyond.
If you’d like to try the benefits of chiropractic care for stress relief this holiday season, the team at Livingston County Chiropractic would love to help get you started. Schedule an appointment, call us at 815-844-4631, or visit our center in Pontiac, IL, to get started.