How to Manage Stress

Stress is a natural response to anything that poses a challenge or threat to our well-being. Day-to-day life is filled with stressful situations such as work deadlines, relationships, or health and financial difficulties. When faced with a threat or challenge, your body responds in order to protect you-either fight, or get away as fast as you can. The stress response known as the “fight-or-flight” instinct activates through our sympathetic nervous system and reacts to a stressful event. This stress response occurs when your body releases adrenaline and cortisol causing a mental and physical reaction that prepares you to fight or flee from the stress stimulus. The following symptoms are what occurs within our bodies in order to help us protect ourselves in a dangerous or challenging situation.

• Blood pressure rises

• Breathing becomes more rapid
• Heart rate rises
• Digestive system slows down
• Immune system decreases
• Muscle tension
• Heightened state of alertness 
• Headaches

Stress relief techniques:

• Getting adequate sleep
• Eating right
• Exercising
• Relaxation techniques
• Chiropractic care – Get adjusted!
• Deep breathing
• Writing down to do lists and checking them off
• Stretching
• Yoga

Benefits of Being Stress Free

• Increase productivity at work
• Improved concentration
• Promotes healthier blood pressure and optimum health
• Betters sleep
• Helps you have a positive attitude
• Boosts Immunity
• Decreases muscle tension

Long-term effects of stress can become damaging to both your mental and physical health. How we respond to stress affects our health. Learning to effectively mange stress lessens its overall impact on your well-being.   

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