Stressed, Irritable, Anxious? What is causing your body to feel that way?

Approximately two-thirds of all office visits are for stress-related complaints. These complaints can range from headaches to anxiety to pain. Stress itself is not an illness; it is simply a fact of life and always has been. The stressors however have changed over the years, but human physiology has remained the same. Many years ago stressors to man were life or death situation like; lack of food, danger from large animals, no shelter and so on. The body’s response has always been the “fight or flight” mode. This “fight or flight” is activated by you’re autonomic nervous system, specifically your sympathic nervous system. But what does that mean? Basically when you are stressed whether emotional stress such as work/relationships or physical stress your body has a set way of handling it. All day, everyday a series of reactions are going on inside of us to sustain “homeostasis”. This means that our body functions best when it stays within a very structured physiological range. This could be anything from your body’s temperature, to acid/alkaline ratio of the blood to regulating your blood water level by your kidneys. Keeping homeostasis is essential for life!

The fact that we know two-thirds of doctor visits are from stress-related complaints, wouldn’t it be great if we knew how to handle stress properly? Guess what? WE DO! It’s called Chiropractic. The problem is that most of us fall into the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!” category.

The “wellness revolution” has slowly started to change the outlook of health today. What can we do to PREVENT problems from happening? The first place I would look at is the nervous system! The nervous system controls and influences every reaction that takes place in the human body. If we don’t properly manage stress, this will cause the nervous system to weaken and potentially make it harder for the body to maintain homeostasis.

Chiropractic care is one of the most sought out therapy for prevention and managing stress. The reason is due to the chiropractic principles of removing interference to the nervous system via chiropractic adjustments and focusing on the cause rather than symptoms. Every adjustment fires to the cerebellum, which fires to the hypothalamus, which controls the immune and autonomic function of the body. Those patients who stay well adjusted are more flexible, less stiff and rigid, and able to adapt more efficiently to the stressors of life. If you feel that Chiropractic needs to be part of your wellness plan to decrease stress please give Living with Motion Chiropractic a call – (513) 831-4433.

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