Stress Awareness Month has been held every April, since 1992. During this annual observance, health care professionals and health promotion experts like us at Chattanooga Integrated Medicine Center and others across the country increase public awareness about both the causes and cures for our modern stress epidemic. Dr. Hall and our team spend countless hours helping not only alleviate physical pain, but educating and helping with the causes of stress on both the body and mind. 

Chronic stress can wreak havoc on the body. Back pain, muscle tightness, tension headaches, fatigue, and neck pain are some of the symptoms people experience when under stress. Over time, stress lowers the immune system, which makes the body more vulnerable to disease. Chiropractic treatments help relieve the uncomfortable symptoms of chronic stress. In addition, regular chiropractic adjustments can soothe the nervous system, and lessen the flight or fight response most people experience when stressed.

When someone is under chronic stress, muscles tense and contract. Sometimes, people grip their muscles in an unnatural position. For example, someone experiencing chronic stress may unconsciously hold their neck to one side, or hold one hip higher than the other. This action creates pressure, which weighs on the bones. Eventually, the bones will cave under this unnatural pressure and become misaligned. When under stress, people often move their bodies in improper ways. These movements compound the problem.

In addition, chronic stress can also cause nerves to become dysfunctional. The result is shooting pains or numbness in various areas of the body. Joint manipulation, laser therapies and regenerative medicine help to relieve stress in several ways. The act of adjusting the spine can release the tension held in muscles, which relaxes the body and increases circulation of the blood. This action can help soothe the flight or fight response of the body.

For many patients, the relief of pain can immediately reduce emotional stress. Proper alignment can provide relief from tension headaches and other physical pains.

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