Holiday Self-Care & Stress Relief
November 25, 2024
Stress has become a reality of modern day living. Between longer working hours and a constant stream of media, it’s easy to understand why a large percentage of the U.S. population feels a significant impact from stress in their daily life. Many times stress symptoms can take a backseat to more pressing medical concerns, but they shouldn’t be taken lightly. It’s important to address the symptoms and reduce stress before more serious medical issues arise.
The impacts of stress:
● Can lower the immune system, opening the doors to infection.
● Can destroy brain cells, leaving one feeling absent-minded.
● Can encourage barriers to a restful sleep, leaving you feeling fatigued.
● Can cause your body to tense, leaving you with tight and painful muscles.
Unfortunately many people go through life with excessive stress and fail to treat the symptoms. Chiropractic care, along with other healthy lifestyle choices, is an easy way to prevent and manage the stress of everyday life.
Posture can have a great deal of impact on stress you’re putting on your body. This can be anything from the way you hold yourself walking to sitting at a desk. Encountering stress will enable you to tense your muscles even more, and over the course of time, this takes a toll. Your chiropractor will help you work on posture exercises, and provide relaxation techniques that help your body get into a state of relaxation to restore quality of sleep.
Your spine is central to your neurological system, communicating everything you do. As stresscreeps in, your spine will begin to move. Regular appointments with the chiropractor can helpadjust your spine and restore function to your body; including immune system improvements,more energy, and the feeling of less stress overall.
You may not correlate food with stress right away, but often times poor nutrition can put a large amount of stress on your body. Good nutrition is a strong foundation for maintaining your health, and chiropractors can help in this area with a nutrition assessment, providing guidance to best practices and even supply nutrients your body may be lacking. Feeling stressed? Ask for help. Chiropractors cannot rid you of stress completely, but they are equipped with powerful tools, for both the mind and the body, that are helping patients better cope with stress and improve their quality of life.