Can Chiropractors Help With Stress and Anxiety?
How can chiropractors help with stress and anxiety?
- Relaxes Physical Stress
- Decreases High Blood Pressure
- Improve Insomnia
- Help Align Your Spine For Optimal Brain Function
Relaxes Physical Stress
Did you know that mental stress and anxiety can also turn into physical stress? There are a few reasons why this happens. Firstly, mental stress can make us disregard proper posture and put pressure on certain areas of our body. Secondly, when you are stressed, you are more likely to experience tension in your head, neck, muscles, and back. Lastly, when you are constantly anxious, think, your head also aches.
This is where chiropractic care comes in. Chiropractic massages can help relax the tension in your body. Adjustments in the spine and massages in the muscles can alleviate the physical stress that you feel. It results in a positive effect on the mind and also provides relaxation.
Decreases High Blood Pressure
Do you notice that when people are stressed, they are more likely to have high blood pressure? This is because when you feel stressed, your body releases hormones that increase your blood pressure. This can make your heart beat faster or give you chest pain.
Chiropractic care has helped individuals lower their blood pressure. With your blood pressure returning to normal, you can slowly reduce your stress and anxiety levels.
Help Improve Insomnia
Insomnia can continue the cycle of stress and anxiety. When you can’t help but think, you won’t be able to relax and get a good night’s sleep. In addition to this, physical pain caused by stress and anxiety can make you toss and turn in bed at night. This can result in low energy and motivation for the tasks of the next day.
If you can sleep better, your mind and body will be able to rest from the exhaustion that these stressful situations bring. Chiropractors can help you improve these symptoms and bring you closer to a relaxing sleep.
Help Align Your Spine For Optimal Brain Function
The spine is a vital part of our body that helps us function. If the spine is misaligned or dislocated, it can also affect the brain. Why? Because our spine connects the nerves from our brain to our body. With a misaligned spine, our brain cannot send hormones properly — which can lead to hormone imbalance.
With chiropractic alignment of the spine, our nerves can function optimally. It will not just alleviate the physical pain in the body, but it will return the healthy balance of our hormones.