Did you know that it’s very common for people to get stuck in a chronic stress pattern that can cause a whole host of problems? This can create a sense of just feeling “off.
Chiropractic care does not treat symptoms, but it does clear interference within the body.
Every single part of your body relies on the nervous system to direct communication all over the body. To keep it simple, stress in your spine equals to stress in your nervous system, which leads to subpar communication all your body systems.
Muscles contract subconsciously in most stressed individuals. Particularly, the muscles in their back. This muscle guarding process is a survival mechanism intended to prevent harm. Muscle guarding still happens whenever we experience emotional stress, even though we are rarely exposed to physical danger in the modern world. The neck, upper back, and low back are the areas most severely affected. The stress-affected muscle for most people is the trapezius muscle, where daily tension typically results in chronic tightness and the formation of trigger points.
The 3 effective approaches to lessen the physical impacts of stress are to improve your activity level (via exercise), to practice deep breathing exercises and get adjusted. You may significantly lessen tightness and soreness in your upper back and neck by reducing the physical impacts of stress.
A chiropractic adjustment activates the Vagus Nerve, the nerve in control of regulating our stress response. Because this cranial nerve passes through the very top of the neck, a chiropractic adjustment helps to break the cycle of the chronic stress response in the body!
