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Symptoms of Stress: Physical, Emotional, Behavioral & More

Stress affects us all. If I surveyed the community the word stress would register as emotional the overwhelming feeling of helplessness or just Stressed (you know what I mean) But stress is more than just emotional, it also relates to elements of physical, chemical, physiological as well as neurological.

Years ago, I presented various stress related classes throughout Atlanta. Physical and Ergonomic stress classes for clerical and labor intensive workplaces. Chemical Stress classes related to Nutrition and Wellness within our office, local workplaces, local churches and even in patient homes with their friends. These classes helped our patients and community understand the chronic dangers of stress and how best to manage it.

Physical and Structural Stress

Chiropractic excels in managing and correcting physical stress. Our domain is the spine and the paraspinal supportive components that help maintain neurological health. The purpose of the adjustment is to conservatively allow proper mobility reduce pressure on spinal nerves that exit between each vertebra. The term chiropractors use to describe spinal stress is a subluxation.

Wear and tear is part of life. When it affects a joint pain often is the result, but when it affects spinal joints, it may create chronic subluxations pressing on spinal nerves and beside pain may affect the 80% of functional nerves that exit the spine traveling to every organ and system of the body. Less function and various chronic symptoms are often the result

Below you can view the chart outlining spinal nerves

Clerical work aggravates the neck, shoulders and lower back. Headaches, chronic neck and lower back pain may be the result due to chronic subluxations. Makes sense to be proactive and manage this with proper ergonomics, stretching and timely chiropractic adjustments.

The middle back has a group of nerves called the celiac plexus traveling straight to the digestive system. Wonder why you may have digestive issues and taking medication or Tums doesn't always work, how about reducing stress to this area with chiropractic. That's how I became a chiropractic patient way back in 1972.

Material Handling workers suffer with chronic upper and lower back pain. Improper lifting at home, working out in the gym or a number of even minor auto accidents and injuries all hasten spinal wear and tear eroding joints and spinal wellness. Again, daily stretches and proper body mechanics along with chiropractic care helps maintain spinal health and reduce wear and tear.

Chemical and Environmental Stress

What is Chemical Stress and How Does it Affect Us? | Body Stress Release Blog

Chemical stress relates to environmental toxicity, the chemicals we ingest in our food and the food they eat up and down the food chain, as well as medications and over the counter products we take for this and that. In fact the most recent Los Angeles fires present a true chemical health risk.

Neurological Stress

PDF] The Neuro Psycho Physiological Effects of Chronic and Excessive Stress | Semantic Scholar

As you saw from the spinal chart earlier, every nerve that exits the spinal column ventures toward an organ and therefore pressure on these nerves can affect the performance of these organs relating to a myriad of symptoms that most folks run to the medical world for answers and relief. If the wiring is off, a subluxation, it makes sense to reduce the pressure to it, the chiropractic adjustment. Chiropractic care is so much more than a answer for pain. We call our office the Progressive Health Center and hope you consider a proactive approach towards wellness first by maintaining your adjustments with monthly "tune-ups" as well as having your family checked as well.

This Is Why I Love What I Do and Why I Am a Chiropractor