Our Focus - Stress Relief.

Why are we stressed?

In today’s fast paced society many people are overwhelmed with excessive levels of stress. Life seems to be a series of short term emergencies or anticipation of future stresses. You may be affected by your reaction to these “emergencies” more than you are aware.

Events and activities in your life can overwhelm, whether it is: missing the bus; taking care of your kids; maintaining a successful relationship with your partner; managing friends and family, careers, housework; a big presentation at work; trying to eat properly, and aiming to fit in some exercise – each day can feel like a series of rollercoaster rides!

It may seem that this is ‘normal’ but your reaction to so called “stressful” activities produces increased levels of stress hormones (noradrenalin, adrenalin, cortisol etc).

There is a lot of conflicting information available about how to deal with stress. The best method is to tailor treatment specifically to an individual’s needs.
 When two people are exhibiting the same symptoms, they may both have very different stressful origins.

For example, mental stress can result in digestive disorders in one person and muscular pain in another. During a kinesiology balance, we can identify the "stressful triggers" and cause of the symptoms. This enables us to develop your unique treatment plan.

How does stress affect you?

When you are stressed a sequence of biological events called the ‘flight or fight’ response occurs. A surge of adrenaline and other stress hormones pump through your body, ramping up your immune system.



You may notice your breath getting quicker to provide you with more oxygen. At the same time, glucose and fats are being released into your blood stream for energy. Your heart begins to beat faster, and your blood pressure starts to rise. 
Now, everyone reacts differently to stress, but more than likely you’ll feel the tension creep into your neck and shoulders, and you’ll get that sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. Then your mind starts to race and the irritability and frustration set in.
 
When your body has to continuously cope with such a burden this may result in physical symptoms and/or emotional ups and downs. Over time, stress can also impact how you look. It may be obvious from your posture. You may even notice that your skin looks dry and puffy, your nails are brittle, and your hair is oily.

That’s all because your body may be out of balance.