Stress and Our Adaptations To It

Life is full of stressors — ugh just the word stress can put one’s teeth on edge. 

When we break this down, stress can be put into different categories. Chiropractors refer to this as the 3 T’s - (Traumas, Thoughts, and Toxins). 

Traumas refer to physical stress, Thoughts refer to emotional/mental stress, and Toxins refer to chemical stress. 

On top of the 3 T’s we also have daily life - or the day to day stuff…ie: getting to school and work, appointments, finances, relationships, eating healthy meals, getting enough sleep… the list goes on and on and it adds up. Stress overtime, takes its toll, and can lead to various symptoms and an overall lack of well-being. 

This is what we would call dysregulation in our nervous system known as Subluxations. 

Would you think that over 90% of subluxations were caused by mental and emotional stress? Yes, coming from the “Thoughts” category. 

The 3 T's explained in more detail: 

TRAUMA - we're referring to physical stress, this could be big things such as sports injuries, automobile accidents, falls, and even more so the issues lie in the daily repetitive actions: getting in and out of the car, sitting at a desk all day, posture during the day, picking up heavy items, child rearing, cleaning, long periods of being on one's feet. 

Thoughts - this is where we talk about mental and emotional stress. -relationship issues, work deadlines, sitting in traffic, constant emails and texts coming through, negative thinking, hopelessness, fear, rumination. 

Toxins - and this refers to chemicals - in these times we are exposed to many many chemicals on an average day. Micro plastics, pesticides on fruits and veggies, BPA from receipts and can lids, personal care products, fragrances, the list goes on…

How this affects us:

Now, we as humans are resilient, but that resiliency depends on the reserve and tone of our nervous system and vagus nerve. A higher reserve in our system would show that there is more tone and higher levels of adaptability, meaning we’re able to handle more in a given situation. Measuring how well the nervous system is adapting to its environment is the first and most important step, we do this via Heart Rate Variability- measuring vagus nerve activity and getting baseline data that we are able to track and measure - both subjectively and objectively. 

By getting nervous system based chiropractic care at our office, we are able to begin breaking old patterns allowing things to shift. From a dysregulated nervous system, to a nervous system that is able to adapt to its environment better. 

Change is possible, and it starts with the first step - doing something different. 

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