In this wellness video, Dr. David Koivuranta (Dr. Dave) explains that stress itself is not inherently harmful; rather, it is a necessary stimulus that forces the body to adapt and become stronger. He uses exercise as a prime example of a beneficial stressor that, when the body can adapt, leads to stronger muscles, improved cardiovascular and respiratory function, and better cellular energy use. However, he notes that if a person has a joint or muscle issue, the same stress can become detrimental, highlighting that individual capacity to handle stressors varies. Dr. Dave argues that chiropractic care focuses on enhancing the body's ability to adapt to both internal and external stressors, improving overall function and resilience. He differentiates chiropractic from other healthcare approaches by emphasizing its functional, adaptation‑focused philosophy. The video concludes with a call to action, encouraging viewers to maintain regular chiropractic adjustments, schedule a courtesy consultation, and reach out with questions to improve their health and life experiences.
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Hey everyone, it's Dr. Dave. Hopefully you're out there doing well, taking care of yourself, creating those great experiences in your life. You know, one of the things we do to help keep ourselves well is we typically go work out. And working out is interesting because it helps relieve stress. But working out is actually stressful. So it's a great way to talk about stress because stress Stress gets a bad rap these days, and stress is one of the leading contributors, they say, to health problems in North America, and it's true. But stress is actually very necessary because stress forces your body to adapt. Your body will evolve depending on the stressors that it encounters every day. So when you go to the gym and you're working out those muscles and you stress them, they respond by getting stronger and sometimes bigger or more tone, which is usually our goal.— and that fitness is good also for our heart and other parts and organs in our body like our lungs, our circulatory system, even our energy expenditure and how our cells use energy benefit from that workout. So even though it's stressful, it's good for us as long as we can adapt. Now, what if I had a joint problem or a muscle problem and I went to work out and it caused more pain? That same stress would now be a negative. It wouldn't be a good idea to stress something that's not working right. And that's what happens in our lives, is sometimes we encounter challenges that for one person they can overcome or work through, and it's not seen as stressful even though it is the same event. And yet for somebody else, when they encounter that same challenge in life, it is stressful and it creates problems, quite often health problems. So I guess what I'm trying to say is it's not the stress or the stressor that's the problem. It's actually how well the person is designed or equipped to handle that stressor. And I'll tell you, every day in practice when we meet people and we work with them, we're trying to improve their ability to adapt. We try to make sure their body can respond to the environment both outside of themselves and within themselves better so that no matter what challenge they face, their body is better able to do what it was designed and programmed to do. And that's the basis of how chiropractic works. And it's different than any other healthcare approach that's out there, especially when it's done with that focus on function and your ability to adapt to all those different stressors in life. All right? So keep up with your chiropractic care. Keep getting adjusted because the stress never stops. And if you haven't been to a chiropractor and you're wondering how you can better deal with some of the stressors in your life, whether they're aches and pains or whether they're just other health concerns, wellness concerns, or you just want to be at your best, chiropractic can help you do that by helping you create those great experiences in your life. Alright, so check it out. If you have any questions or we can help with that, come by the clinic, make an appointment for a courtesy consultation, send me an email. Happy to answer your questions, would love to hear from you. Alright, take care. Keep creating those great experiences.
