Stress. It sneaks up when you least expect it, almost unavoidable no matter how hard you try to escape it. It’s a natural part of life, and has been from the day you were born.

But if you don’t take action and find a way to tackle the stresses in your life, it won’t be long before they tackle you.

In the health and wellness world, it is not rare to come across patients, friends, and colleagues who are suffering the effects of stress. Some of the aches, pains, and tension complaints that we receive at Dr. Gena Chiropractic, while all factors that can be worked on through regular chiropractic care, are no doubt stress-induced.

Look, the simple truth is this: if you’re an adult, living, working, and breathing in today’s society – you’re going to face your fair share of stress. The most powerful tool you can harness, however, is the ability to deal with stress quickly, avoiding it when you can, and in turn, saving your life and sanity.

So, let’s get down to it and talk about the most common stressors affecting our everyday lives – as a means to come to terms with what we’re dealing with – and learn how to avoid them at all costs!

There are three main sources of stress that affect our bodies: chemical, physical, and emotional. It is important that you’re always aware of what will cause your body harm – and in educating yourself on these different forms of stresses, you can potentially avoid damaging your body any further.

Chemical Stress:

• Food and drinks we consume.
• Prescription & recreational drug use.
• Environmental pesticides.

Physical Stress:

• Macro traumas such as large scale impacts/falls, car accidents, and injuries.
• Micro traumas such as repetitively carrying a heavy purse, sitting on your wallet for years on end, or carrying your child on one hip on a regular basis.

Emotional stress:

• Financial problems.
• Relationship troubles.
• The divorce process.
• Losing a job.
• Experiencing a death.

You have likely experienced almost all of these forms of stresses in your life at one point or another – so now you’re probably wondering,

“What has all of this stress done to my body?!”

Stress causes subluxation-interference in the nervous system, affecting how the body functions. This creates an imbalance in how our nerves perform, affecting our health in ways we may not notice for years to come. And in the case of physical trauma, studies show that the weight of a dime is all the pressure it takes to decrease the function of a nerve by 60%. Studies also reveal that a 6% stretch of the nerve decreases its function by 70%. We learn it doesn’t take much pressure or pulling on the nerve to severely interfere with its function. So now you might be thinking back to the damage your heavy purse is doing – aren’t you glad we took the time to educate you today?

The bottom line is this - the more stress you have, the more likely your nervous system is functioning less optimally, which in turn, presents as symptoms and could show up in a multitude of ways, including aches and pains, headaches, fatigue, bad moods, anxiety, and more.

This is precisely where regular chiropractic care comes in. Chiropractic adjustments help the body to better adapt to the stresses it faces. But the real magic, is limiting the amount of stress we allow ourselves to face – and finding ways to relax, reboot, and refresh ourselves when life seems a little too much to handle.

For more information or for help to feel your best, come visit us today! Dr. Gena Chiropractic happily serves the Greater Fort Lauderdale area, conveniently located in Plantation, Florida.

Your health is in your hands, Dr. Gena’s hands are here to help!