Adapting to Stress

Our ability to adapt to stress is a good measure of how healthy we really are!

Physical stresses can result from injuries like heavy lifting and motor vehicle accidents, improper walking and even poor posture such as from slouching at your computer! Nutritional stresses result from poor eating habits, pesticides, toxins and even eating vitamins you don't need. Emotional stresses might be the result of a bad relationship, being dissatisfied with the direction your life is taking, or even from grieving the loss of a loved one.

When physical, nutritional or emotional stress impacts your nervous system, it can effect how well your brain controls your body. Symptoms of low energy, chronic/recurrent pain, hormonal imbalances, body fat, poor digestion, anxiety and even poor sleep are just a few signs that there may be a problem in the brain-body communication system and in the body's ability to adapt.

Obtaining a correct diagnosis of the underlying cause of your stress is the first step in fixing communications. Removing the barriers to your healing is the next step in enabling all the parts of your body to work at their 
best!