HOW WELL DO YOU ADPAT TO STRESS?

NOT ALL STRESS IS BAD. A 20 MINUTE WORKOUT FOR A FIT AND TRIM 65 YEAR OLD IS GOOD STRESS. THE SAME WORKOUT FOR AN OUT SHAPE 35 YEAR OLD WOULD LIKELY BE BAD STRESS.

WHETHER YOUR BODY CONSIDERS STRESS GOOD OR BAD IS LARGELY A FUNCTION OF HOW WELL IT CAN ACCOMODATE IT. ULTIMATELY, THIS CAPICITY IS BASED ON THE CONDITION OF YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM.

NOT ALL STRESS IS BAD. OUR REACTION TO STRESS IS BASED UPON OUR CONDITIONING AND OVERALL HEALTH.

STRESS IS PART OF EVERYDAY LIVING. IN FACT, STRESS FREE LIFE WOULD BE BORING. LIFE IS ENJOYABLE WHEN WE HAVE AMPLE RESOURCES TO EXPERIENCE AND OVERCOME THE STRESSES WE FACE.

STRESS FROM THE BIRTH PROCESS CAN INTREFRE WITH THE SUCLKLING RESPONSE OR CAUSE COLIC, EAR INFECTIONS AND OTHER HEALTH ISSUES.

PHYSICAL STRESS

A WHIPLASH INJURY FROM A CAR ACCIDENT IS AN OBVIOUS SOURCE OF PHYSICAL STRESS. AS ARE REPETITIVE MOTIONS, A SLIP AND FALL, LACK OF SLEEP OR OVERDOING IT IN THE GARDEN. EARLY ON, LEARNING TO WALK OR RIDE A BIKE AND EVEN THE BIRTH PROCESS ITSELF ARE SOURCES OF PHYSICAL STRESS.

ACCUMULATED STRESS EXHAUSTS OUR RESERVES, THEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS MOWOING THE LAWN CA PUT US OVE THE EDGE. CHIROPRACTIC CARE HELPS RESORE YOUR ADAPTIVE CAPICITY.

EMOTIONAL STRESS

FEAR, GRIEF, ANGER AND OTHER EMOTIONS AFFECT OUR ENTIRE BODY. NOTICE THE POSTURE OF SOMEONE WHO IS SAD OR DEPRESSED. FRUSTRATION, OR A SENSE OF POWERLESSNESS AT WORK, IS A COMMON FORM OF EMOTIONAL STRESS.

CLEARLY, IT'S NOT THE STRESS, BUT OUR RESPONSE TO IT THAT IS CRITICAL.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE, BECAUSE IT FOCUSES ON REDUCING TENSION IN YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM, CAN HELP RESPOND MORE RESOURCEFULLY.

RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT MANY LOW BACK PROBLEMS CAN BE TRACED TO SOMETIMES HIDDEN EMOTINAL ISSUES.

CHEMICAL STRESS

CLEARLY, CHEMICAL STRESS CAN AFFECT OUR MUSCLE TONE, COORDINATION, AND THE WAY OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM WORKS.

COMMONE SOURCES OF CHEMICAL STRESS INCLUDE POOR NUTIRITION, SUGAR, REFINED CARBONHYDRATES AND UNHEALTHY FATS. DRUGS, PRESERVATIVES, TOBACCO, VACCINATIONS, ALCOHOL, POLLEN AND A HOST OF OTHER SUBSTANCES ALSO AFFECT OUR NERVOUS SYSTEMS, MUSCLE TONE AND OUR SPINE.

THE PROBLEM ISN'T THE POLLEN OR CHEMICAL, BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE REACTS.
SYMPTOMS CAN APPEAR WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR ABILITY TO ADAPT. CHIROPRACTIC CARE HAS HELPED MILLIONS REDUCE OR ELIMINATE REACTIONS TO MANY TYPES OF CHEMICAL STRESS.

IF YOU LACK THE RESERVES NECCESSARY TO ADAPT TO STRESS IN A HEALTH WAY, STRESS TAKES ITS TOLL. IF YOUR BODY REACTS BY "TRIPPING A CIRCUT BREAKER"
CAUSING A VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATION, CHIROPRACTIC CARE IS LIKELY TO HELP.

INSTEAD OF FAINTING OR GOING UNCONSCIOUS, THINK OF A VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATION AS A 'TRIPPED CIRCUT BREAKER".

HOW CAN STRESS AFFECT MY SPINE?

THINK OF YOUR SPINAL CORD AS A GUITAR STRING. THE GREATER THE TENSION, THE HIGHER THE NOTE. YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM HAS TONE AS WELL. WITH EACH STRESSOR, YOUR BODY TIGHTNESS UP, LIKE BRACING YOURSELF FOR A TIGHT CURVE ON A ROLLER COASTER. THE WEAKEST JOINTS OF YOUR SPINE ARE FORCED OUR OF THEIR NORMAL POSITION. LIKE THE SHRILL NOTES FROM AN OVER TIGHTENED STRING, YOUR BODY LOSES ITS CAPICITY TO RESPOND TO THE FULL RANGE OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

CAN CHIROPRACTIC CARE SOLVE ALL MY STRESS?

OF COURSE NOT. MUCH OF THE EMOTIONAL STRESS WE EXPERIENCE IS LARELY SELF-INDUCED. IMAGINE HOW MUCH PAIN AND SUFFERING RESULF FROM ATTACHING INAPPROPRIATE MEANING TO EVENTS IN OUR LIVES. OR THE CONSTANT BURDEN WE EXPERIENCE BY NOT FORGIVING OTHERS. STRESS IS A NATURAL PART OF LIFE.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE CAN'T ELIMINATE STRESS, BUT IT CAN HELP INCREASE YOUR CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE IT.