Being Aware of Your Stress

In case you thought you were all alone in your stress journey, we just wanted to let you know that November 6th is Stress Awareness Day. Yes, there is a day dedicated to it, because not only is stress running rampant through families, communities, and the entire nation, but we all need to work together to find a way to bring it back down. At Absolute Wellness Center, we specialize in neurologically-based chiropractic care at the Lake of the Ozarks. Before you start tuning us out, listen, the nervous system controls EVERYTHING in your body, and it’s important to help your nervous system function properly.

Chiropractic care at the Lake of the Ozarks is truly just one way to help your nervous system - but it’s one that we’ve found works really well. We want to help YOU improve your neurological function, which in turn can help your stress response and give you the best possible chance to find some rest. Here are a few ways we help, as well as how you can recognize stress in your body.

First, What is a Stress Response?

All living creatures have an awareness of a threat to their existence. Humans have a built-in warning system that alerts them to all levels of threats. Our 5 senses alert us to danger even when we are totally unaware of it. Bad smells, unusual sounds, foul tastes are just some of these warning systems. The subconscious is even more sensitive and will often trigger a protection response of which we are unaware of consciously such as an increase in blood pressure, heart rate or respiration.

The nervous system is divided into two main divisions:
Para-Sympathetic: keeps everything running smoothly and in balance
Sympathetic: responsible for protection and defense and doesn't care about balance, its only purpose is to offer extreme responses to preserve life.

Stress is a threat and even low levels of stress over time can have drastic results in the health of an individual. What many don’t understand is that “STRESS” is a response to a “STRESSOR” and throughout a lifetime we will always be confronting stressors.

The challenge lies in several areas:
The intensity of the stressor
The duration of the stressor
The level of previous damage done to the stress response system
The ability of the system to return to a normal balanced state

As current medical research is now claiming that 95% of all Illnesses are the result of a lack of the body’s ability to reestablish normal balance, it only makes sense that we learn what must be done to bring the body back into correct neurological responses.

Stress Response Evaluation

If you ask someone if they are stressed, most will say yes - but the fact is, they don’t realize how deep this stress is really going. Stress isn’t just about having a hard day at work. Stress on your body and your nervous system is about having days upon days with crazy schedules, moments that make you feel frantic, and a to-do list that goes on forever. This isn’t just a work-related issue (though that can play a role), this isn’t just a family issue (though that, TOO, can play a role), and it’s not just about your diet (let’s be honest - that plays a big role as well). We offer a Stress Response Evaluation which is an effective and accurate way to measure how your body is reacting to stress, and the results are fascinating. Here are the possible results, and trust us, it can be shocking what your nervous is going through regularly:

Balanced- This type of nervous system will demonstrate signs of high energy, few symptoms, resistance to infections, positive mental attitude, present time consciousness, mentally alert, excellent health, looks younger than years, remains active and vibrant, etc..

Over-aroused- This type of nervous system will demonstrate signs of cold hands, tight muscles, teeth grinding, anxiety, heart palpitations, restless sleep, poor: social awareness; comprehension; expression of emotional, re-current infections, multiple competing trains of thought, high blood pressure, accelerated aging, irritable bowel, high blood pressure etc.

Under-aroused- This type of nervous system will demonstrate signs of ADD (including impulsivity, distraction, & disorganization), depression, lack of motivation, poor concentration, spaciness, low blood pressure, hypoglycemia, constipation, low pain threshold, difficulty awakening, cognitive worry, irritability, incontinence, lack of energy, etc..

Unstable- This type of nervous system oscillates between under arousal and over-arousal, and may demonstrate signs in both over and under aroused plus: migraine headaches, seizure, narcolepsy, sleepwalking, hot flashes, PMS, multiple chemical sensitivities, bed wetting, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, mood swings, panic attacks, etc..

Exhausted- This type of nervous system may demonstrate signs of all of those listed in over-aroused plus Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Epstein-Barr Syndrome, M.S., ALS, RA, Fibromyalgia, Cancer, all autoimmune system disorders.

Based on the evaluation findings we can tailor a care plan designed to best meet the needs of the individual improving their neurological function and obtaining ideal neuroplasticity.

Get Balanced

When you know better, you do better - it’s a common slogan, and it applies here just as well as anywhere else. If your system is just over-aroused or all the way too exhausted - there are ways to train your brain to come back down to normal. It isn’t easy, it comes at a cost. Sometimes it will cost you investment, other times it will cost you time, and it may even cost you the person who you are right now - but it’s worth it. Finding the balance that you’ve been craving for so long can be a powerful way to feel like yourself, feel less stressed, and when you ARE stressed, know what to do about it. Visit our website to learn more about us, or give us a call to schedule your first appointment. We want to help you reduce stress and find holistic health at the Lake of the Ozarks.

Absolute Wellness Center Inc

4203 E US Hwy 54

Linn Creek, MO 65052

573-346-3777

www.AbsoluteWellnessCenterInc.com