Stress

There’s not one single thing stress is caused by. Stress can be caused by anything considered to mentally or emotionally overwhelm you. Common stressors include financial problems, divorce, traumatic events, or having too much going on at work or school.

Stress is like a siren going off. It’s your body’s way of telling you to make a change. The change you need may be to get out of the situation, change how you react to what you’re going through, take a break, or make some general lifestyle changes.

Stress starts in the mind, but it doesn’t end there. From the get-go, stress can trigger physical sensations like muscle tension, headaches, nausea, and fatigue. It’s our body’s way of preparing us to handle the perceived threat.

Excessive or long-term stress can have more dire effects on the body. Chronic stress can potentially lead to health problems ranging from elevated blood pressure and an increased risk of stroke to digestive disorders and flare-ups of underlying conditions like arthritis.

The latter makes it apparent just how critical it is to keep our stress levels to a minimum at all times.

Stress may be inevitable and even useful at times, but too much stress is never a good thing. Fortunately, there are things we can do to reduce our levels of stress, so we can continue leading a happy, healthy life.

Employing a variety of coping strategies, like deep breathing exercises or journaling, can help melt away stress. Reducing stressors in our lives, learning how to manage our time better, and ensuring we eat and sleep properly are also critical.

Managing excess stress also begins with paying a visit to Recovery Lab of Rancho Cucamonga. Here, we offer a series of relaxing services that may help ease the physical aspects of stress – or even stress itself – and may make dealing with life’s hardest moments easier.

Red light therapy is one of our most popular services for stress support. It may help support stress management by helping lower levels of cortisol – a stress hormone – in the body. It may also support mood through the release of serotonin and feel-good endorphins, and may help with side effects of stress like inflammation and poor sleep.

Cryotherapy is another option recommended for those dealing with excess stress. It may help promote a sense of calm by supporting the release of mood-regulating neurotransmitters, and may support reduced inflammation and better sleep.

Services like cupping therapy or percussion therapy can be part of a stress management routine and may help support the physical side of stress: stiff muscles, headaches from tension in the neck, and inflammation in the body.

Using multiple of these services in conjunction with one another may offer potential benefits for both the mind and body when dealing with stress.