When Stress Levels Get Too High
Mental Attitude: When Stress Levels Get Too High. Too much stress can negatively affect the immune system, cardiovascular system, neuroendocrine system, and central nervous system. Untreated chronic (long-term) stress can lead to muscle pain, insomnia, hypertension (high blood pressure), a weaker immune system and anxiety, which can lead to dozens of illnesses, including heart disease, depression, and obesity.
American Psychological Assoc, February 2013
People now generally accept that stress is the cause of over 80% of all the diseases that afflict us, but how does that happen? Stress is the #1 cause of subluxation, which leads to body dysfunction and ultimately disease. Emotional stress accounts for 80% of that. People have a pretty easy time seeing how physical stress like overexertion, awkward postures, repetitive strain, or a physical injury/trauma can subluxate you but have a harder time imagining how emotional stress can do it. It’s because a big part of your body’s reaction to emotional stress involves significant changes in the way we recruit muscles that create a defensive posture. That altered body alignment and tension is what subluxates us.
shared from my fellow chiropractor, DrBarbara Eaton who is the master communicator!