Dr. Jeff Langmaid explains how chronic stress damages your health and shows three ways chiropractic care helps: releasing muscle tension, restoring joint function through spinal adjustments, and prescribing daily exercises. Watch for signs like sleeplessness, headaches, and muscle tension, especially during the holidays.
Hi, I'm Dr. Jeff Langmaid with Research that Matters TV Chronic stress can contribute to health issues like anxiety, depression, even back pain. In a constant state of stress, your body produces hormones that can disrupt almost all of your body's natural processes. This puts you at risk for a dizzying array of health problems. Discovering healthy ways to cope with stress in your life is one of the best ways to to manage your stress. Chiropractors may be the perfect healthcare partner to help you get started. New research has proven that chronic stress affects your brain and body and can contribute to many chronic diseases. Identifying chronic stress early and taking proactive steps to manage it is the best way to avoid long term health challenges. Early signs of chronic stress include sleeplessness, headaches, muscle tension, and joint pain. Chiropractors can help you overcome stress in a few unique ways. Here are three ways chiropractors can help you reduce stress. Reducing Muscle Tension Reducing muscle tension in your muscles can help your mind and body feel better. Restoring function Spinal adjustments can help restore proper function in the joints of your spine, arms and legs. And offering personalized exercise daily exercise can help reduce your mental stress and improve the results of your chiropractic care. Holidays are one of the most stressful times of the year for most people. Even people who are never stressed out start to notice headaches, muscle tension and difficulty sleeping. This time of year you are feeling stressed. It's almost impossible to relax and enjoy this time with your family. Muscle tension, pain and headaches are all potential indications that you're overwhelmed with stress. Call us when you are ready for help because our team is here for you. I'll see you next week for another episode of Research that Matters. TV.
