7 Areas of Your Body Affected By Stress

Stress may seem like a normal part of life, and to an extent, it is. Your body is meant to handle stress, and manage the effects of it for the short term. However, your body isn’t built to handle stress on a regular basis. When your body is always stuck in “fight or flight” mode, it will start to suffer in other areas. This is where neurologically based chiropractic care at the Lake of the Ozarks comes in. We use a combination of tests and adjustments to first see how your body is reacting to stress, but then learn how or if it comes back down from it.

Stress isn’t just what you experience in the moment of an overwhelming situation. After a constant state of stress, there are many other symptoms that can occur. Stress may not be the root cause of certain conditions, but it can certainly make them worse.


Muscles & Joints

There are many causes of pain, tightness, or soreness in your body. While it can sometimes be traced back to your diet, it can also stem from the way your body is unconsciously reacting to stress. Stress can lead to flare-ups of symptoms of arthritis, fibromyalgia, and other conditions, stress also lowers your threshold for pain as well.

Heart & Lungs

When you have too much of the stress hormone, cortisol, it may make your heart and lung conditions worse. This can include heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and asthma.

Skin & Hair

Stress can really do a number on your hair and your skin. From exasperating conditions like eczema, rosacea, or psoriasis, to even leading to hives, itchiness, sweating or even hair loss. There are so man conditions that are made all the worse by a body that is in a constant state of stress.

Shoulders, Head, & Jaw

This can also be called the tension triangle. If you ever wondered why chiropractic care at the Lake of the Ozarks can aid with stress pain, this is why. Stress can trigger tension headaches, tightness in your neck and jaw, as well as knots and spasms in your neck and shoulders.

Immune System

This is the time of year where your immune system is at it’s weakest point. We’ve just come out of the holidays where opportunities for increased sugar intake has happened, as well as situations that increase your stress hormone. You need a strong immune system to fight disease, but stress can weaken your body’s natural defenses. Even illnesses like the common cold or the flu can become easier to “catch”. Stress can also make autoimmune conditions like lupus and inflammatory bowel disease worse.

Mental Health

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that stress can bring on symptoms of depression and reduce your enthusiasm for the activities that you previously enjoyed. Stress can also impact your eating and exercise habits, which only make those symptoms of stress even stronger.


Absolute Wellness Center Is Here to Help

Our biggest goal is to help you and your loved once learn more about your health, and then use that knowledge to make strides towards healing. We believe that it all starts with your nervous system, and when you can investigate how your body is reacting to stressful situations, you can use that knowledge to heal yourself from the inside out. We use a combination of things to help assist in healing, from chiropractic treatments at the Lake of the Ozarks to nutritional counseling in Linn Creek, MO. Give us a call to set up your first appointment today, we look forward to learning about your health goals and helping you achieve them.



Absolute Wellness Center Inc
4203 E US Hwy 54
Linn Creek, MO 65052
573-346-3777
Location: Linn Creek, MO 65052, USA

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