SOUTH
SHORE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC
Monthly News - Feb 2008
"Stress"
There is simply no escaping it. Our lives and the world we live in are loaded with stress. More than 66% of all visits to the primary care physician are for stress related disorders. Every week hundreds of millions of people take medication for stress related symptoms. Stress is a "Catch 22", things go wrong produce stress and it causes things to go wrong. Stress over an extended period of time can make you quit your job; can lead you to depression, or to drugs and alcohol.
All of these can and will certainly affect your ability to perform, your ability to earn money and your quality of life. We all need to do more to combat stress; we have to learn to find a balance in our work and in our personal lives. Determine which things we can do something about, concentrate your time and energy on them and try to avoid the stress producing ones. We should emphasize wellness, focus on the positive and relaxation, whatever the circumstance.
Chiropractic should also play an important role in your stress management. When a stress-inducing event occurs, muscles contract, breathing becomes faster and deeper, heartbeat increases and digestion is halted. This all occurs as a response to a nervous impulse. Continually contracted muscles will cause subluxation and being subluxated will lower your ability to deal with stress. Some may benefit from exercise while others respond to meditation, deep breathing, or spending time on a hobby.
Chiropractic, however can work for everyone because it removes nerve interference and interrupts the contracted muscle/increased stress cycle. Chiropractic care coupled with positive thinking and other stress management techniques can create a sense of well-being and a zest for life. Which will lead to a longer, more productive, happier and healthier life.
-Dr.
Bill
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