Adjust your Stress with Chiropractic
What is stress?
- Stress is more than just a feeling or emotion. It is a physiological response in the bodys’ attempt to adapt to a specific envirnment, stimulus, pressure or other internal or external overwhelming factor. When the body is deficient in adapting to stress or has to adapt on a ongoing basis then this can lead to one or more health conditions. Poor healh costs time, money and affects all aspects of life.
What manages and supports stress?
- The body adapts to stress utilizing a balance nervous system. This system prepares the body for the coming stress and regulates hormone and organ function to keep things working effectively and efficiently. During a period of overwhelming stress or a longer period of sustained stress the body can remain in an alert state of tension. This state of tension can lead to highs of anxiety or lows of depression as well.
- Stress, anxiety and depression can alter the bodys’ natural defense mechanism and postural balance causing back and neck pain. There is hope in breaking this viscious cycle of stress, pain and poor health. Stress is ever present in life, but management is available to all. Chiropractors work directly with the spine to minimize stress on the nervous system and maximize function and balance to the body and mind.
Benefits of chiropractic spinal adjustments include:
- Improve nerve functioning to balance highs and lows of anxiety and depression
- Released endorphins that work to decrease pain and improve mood
- Restores motion to spinal joints resulting in decreased muscular tension
- Helps blood flow and a decrease in joint inflammation
What does the research show?
- A 2012 systematic review of the literature found that chiropractic interventions potentially reduce stress and anxiety levels. This comprehensive analysis of multiple studies provides broader support for the stress-relieving effects of chiropractic care.
- A 2020 study demonstrated that chiropractic care positively affects the autonomic nervous system, reducing stress and improving autonomic balance. This finding is significant because the autonomic nervous system plays a crucial role in our body’s stress response.
- Chiropractic spinal adjustments work with other healthy lifestyle choices to manage stressful life circumstances and work environment. This can include combining chiropractic care with stretching, exercise, balanced nutrition, breathing and meditation and adequate water intake.
If you would like to add chiropractic care to your stress management health plan, we are here to help! To get started with chiropractic care you can call us at 480-785-1355 or Schedule Online at ReedChiropractic.com.
