Lynn Waldrop – Stress Free Series

Stress can be short-term and sudden or chronic and it can be debilitating. When we say that we are “stressed”, we typically feel that everything going on around us has become too much to handle and we start to doubt if we can face the pressures and tasks at hand — this feeling of debilitation is literally the brain’s inability at that point to communicate with certain parts of the body due to the stressor — either immediate or chronic, emotional or physical!!!

The Nervous System responds and reacts and can get “stuck” in the ON position:

• Stress hormones go haywire and it is a downhill cascade to other hormones and neurotransmitters
• Muscles and joints that stay in contraction and lock up, cause inflammation and irritation
• Teeth grinding including breakdown of enamel and loads of pressure on the TMJ
• Contraction of blood vessels restricting blood flow to organs, muscles, the brain and more!